bashfulness

Example Sentences

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It was thrust upon him, he said, a calling that required him to transcend survivor’s guilt and bashfulness.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 6, 2022

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

From Slate • Oct. 4, 2019

A painter nearing 80 and recuperating from a hip replacement, he has the imperiousness and bashfulness of a lion in winter.

From New York Times • Sep. 22, 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

Poor Laurie didn’t know where to look, for, man though he was, something of the old bashfulness came over him as this burst of praise made all faces turn approvingly upon him.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott