sheepish
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When Daniela Amodei meets with potential customers and business partners, they sometimes toss her a sheepish question as they leave: “What should my kid study in college?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026
Even so, when they rediscover their music sometime in the distant future, they’ll have nothing to be sheepish about.
From Salon ● Dec. 14, 2025
And while he's still a little sheepish about the attention being lavished on him, he's coming round to the idea.
From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2025
I was distracted, for instance, when Wilder’s Wonka made his grand limping entrance, as the sheepish building behind him was now dwarfed by sparkly, shiny warehouses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2025
The Egyptians exchanged sheepish glances, and Ken hit himself on the forehead in an agony of embarrassment.
From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
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