shamefaced

Example Sentences

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

From Slate • Mar. 26, 2020

There’s also the Holiday Special’s plot, which features a trade blockade in space – a bit of dour realpolitik Lucas wasn’t too shamefaced to use again in 1999’s The Phantom Menace.

From The Guardian • Dec. 1, 2015

Who can put a price tag on the shamefaced retraction I owe that guy from Takoma Park?

From Washington Post • Oct. 7, 2015

He spoke of being both "flattered" and "shamefaced" about often being mentioned alongside Mr. Burton because of their geographical connection.

From New York Times • Oct. 17, 2012

Imagine, Tata Ndu said, a shamefaced chief who could only afford one single wife!

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver