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
We also tend to assume that something is safe if everyone else is doing it, or at least maintain a shamefaced silence about our fears.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 29, 2020
Most cases end amicably: shamefaced neighbours return the cat, everyone moves on.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 22, 2020
What’s been excised in both cases is the awkward and the homely, the oddball and the failing—in short, all acknowledgement of our thwarted, shamefaced cravings for connection and intimacy.
From Slate ● Mar. 9, 2016
For the first time, even after admitting her role in today’s mess, Witching Hour seemed shamefaced.
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
