shamefaced

Example Sentences

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There are the shamefaced former members, who confess their gullibility as a kind of penance; there are the cockamamie claims on which the belief system is based.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

Most cases end amicably: shamefaced neighbours return the cat, everyone moves on.

From The Guardian • Jan. 22, 2020

I received the same shamefaced response when I called the other two physicians in the Senate—Rand Paul of Kentucky and John Barrasso of Wyoming.

From Slate • Nov. 29, 2017

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

From Washington Post • Oct. 7, 2015

I received a shamefaced apology from the boy and was instructed not to worry about him further.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama