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

Although he felt sheepish about selling his rehabbed vintage knives among the works of more established artists, his mother encouraged him to “give it a try.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 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