Example Sentences

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“Well, yes,” she replies, blushingly modest, to which Mr. Asner barks his memorable punchline:

From Washington Post • Aug. 29, 2021

The crowd were left in disbelief when Federer drop-shotted him at 30-all in the fourth game and Dolgopolov could do no more than trot to the net and blushingly give up.

From The Guardian • Jul. 4, 2017

There is more of a social life, too: a young employee, recently arrived from remote Xianyang, talks blushingly about her evenings with handsome co-workers at the Cyberfox, the campus internet café.

From Economist • Dec. 13, 2012

In “Vienna Waltzes” Ms. Reichlen is blushingly demure; in Peter Martins’s “Thou Swell” she’s authoritatively glamorous, and adult; and as Calliope in Balanchine’s “Apollo” she’s the devout embodiment of creative endeavor.

From New York Times • Jun. 14, 2011

"I suppose not," Ellen timidly replies; blushingly too, for she knows how nearly the subject concerns herself, and half believes the interrogatory aimed at her.

From Gwen Wynn by Reid, Mayne