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

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

From Washington Post • Oct. 4, 2020

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

Laurie’s bashfulness soon wore off, for Jo’s gentlemanly demeanor amused and set him at his ease, and Jo was her merry self again, because her dress was forgotten and nobody lifted their eyebrows at her.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott