bashfulness

Example Sentences

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Neither would give their last names, out of a combination of bashfulness and distrust in the media.

From Washington Post • Oct. 4, 2020

Just don’t tell him he’s a star, because he will shake his head and grin with genuine bashfulness.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2017

It comes out frankly and proclaims, without bashfulness, or any sign of a blush, that it is the noblest work of God.

From Slate • Oct. 7, 2013

He’s in his mid-30s but projected such bashfulness that he seemed 10 or 15 years younger.

From New York Times • May 8, 2013

He was all nerves and fascination and bashfulness and a deep, stirring hope.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor