shamefacedness

Example Sentences

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The men received the pleasant salutation of Hamilton with awkwardness, but without any trace of shamefacedness, for they had the consciousness of their righteous cause to give them confidence in a strange environment.

From Making People Happy by Fisher, Harrison

She turned and faced a dark, elderly personage, the robust dignity of whose bearing was now tempered with shamefacedness.

From The Squirrel-Cage by Williams, John Alanzo

Eleanor felt her "shamefacedness" return upon her, while all the rest were making acquaintance, welcoming and receiving welcome.

From The Old Helmet, Volume II by Warner, Susan

His wildest spendings were always made without shamefacedness; but, on the contrary, with a bold alacrity, that gave assurance of riches as heaped up as those of an Arabian Night's tale.

From English Lands Letters and Kings Queen Anne and the Georges by Mitchell, Donald G.

Any one could see where the daughter behind her got the timidity and shamefacedness which now caused her to stand back and look indifferently away.

From Jennie Gerhardt A Novel by Dreiser, Theodore