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

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

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

It so happened that Beth’s funny loan was just the thing, for in laughing over the kits, Laurie forgot his bashfulness, and grew sociable at once.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott