sheepish

Example Sentences

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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

“But right now we’re in Bel-Air,” she says with a slightly sheepish expression on a recent morning.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2025

It always seemed to be accompanied by a sheepish half smile and the don’t-take-this-the-wrong-way inflection that people often use when approaching the subject of race.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama