Bashful

/[ˈbæʃfəɫ]/

"Bashful" in a Sentence (12 examples)

The boy is bashful and doesn't talk much.

Since he's in show business he often goofs around in a showy way, but once in a while he has these bashful mannerisms that are really cute.

She is not so much unsociable as bashful.

Tom looks bashful.

Tom is very bashful.

Tom was sort of bashful as a kid.

I'm the bashful type.

He's bashful.

She's bashful.

Tom is very bashful, isn't he?

a bashful look

“Have you done something to your hair?” “I just ran a comb through it,” shrugged the vicar. “Well, it looks delightful.” “How delightful of you to say so.” Auntie Flip and the vicar shared bashful grins. Frank had never witnessed his babysitter behave like this before.

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