shamefaced

Example Sentences

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The fallout, so far, has included shamefaced admissions and apologies from judges; a promise of improvement from the Administrative Office of the U.S.

From Washington Post • Oct. 5, 2021

They get shamefaced very quickly after I tell them I was burned badly as a child.

From Slate • Mar. 26, 2020

In such company, The Book of Henry seems likely to slink away shamefaced, but unnoticed.

From The Guardian • Jun. 22, 2017

He, at least, had had the grace to be shamefaced.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 12, 2011

Around the world, eugenic programs came to a shamefaced halt.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee