bashfulness

Example Sentences

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Through it all, he barely moved from the center of the stage, hinting at a certain bashfulness.

From Slate • Oct. 4, 2019

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

To hear the players tell it, they let Stafford and the Lions take it by falling victim to the most annoying late-game habit in football: defensive bashfulness.

From Washington Post • Oct. 23, 2016

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