shyly
Example Sentences
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Children shyly offered flowers or waved as the group walked past.
From Barron's • Feb. 3, 2026
“Tell everybody about the specialties,” the mayor said to Jessica and Marcos Moo, who smiled shyly as he started recording.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 2, 2025
“My grandmother and grandfather did a lot in this community,” Faucett said as he shyly addressed the crowd from, “the bottom of my heart.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 12, 2025
Marilyn Gerlach was the high school girl he had shyly asked to the prom.
From BBC • Aug. 9, 2025
She wore a one-piece white chemise, and curtsied to him as he opened the door, and smiled, shyly.
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
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