Example Sentences

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That was for the medium-changing “2001: A Space Odyssey,” something the 59-year-old Japanese filmmaker is abashedly aware of.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2024

He sags slightly each time, giving her a baleful look until she abashedly admits to jumping to conclusions.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 13, 2022

Sometimes callers admit, abashedly, that they are at their breaking point.

From New York Times • Feb. 19, 2021

But instead of abashedly sneaking in one or two of these elements, as another writer might do, Aiken piled them one atop the other, in the same teetering plots.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 31, 2018

He smiled a little abashedly, like he was afraid he’d said too much.

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon