He had a sheepish grin on his face when she told him that she had found out his secret.
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Sheepish
/ˈʃiːpɪʃ/
Synonyms for "sheepish" (64 found)
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7 total sentences available.
Tom looked a bit sheepish.
Source: tatoeba (3121666)
It had been Bucklaw's misfortune, that his habits of life had not rendered him familiarly acquainted with the higher and better classes of female society, so that, with all his natural audacity, he felt sheepish and bashful when it became necessary to address a lady of distinction.
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Ziri was talking with a sheepish air of apology.
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