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The King himself wears an air of shamefacedness when the Stuart prince is mentioned.

From Petticoat Rule by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness

And with many apologies and some shamefacedness he explained the situation.

From Ovington's Bank by Weyman, Stanley J.

At last, after many searches, in spite of the entreaties of Bouvard, and flinging aside all shamefacedness, he made up his mind to go for the dung himself.

From Bouvard and Pécuchet A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life by Flaubert, Gustave

His wildest spendings were always made without shamefacedness; but, on the contrary, with a bold alacrity, that gave assurance of riches as heaped up as those of an Arabian Night's tale.

From English Lands Letters and Kings Queen Anne and the Georges by Mitchell, Donald G.

Germinie tried to push her away with a gesture of humility and the shamefacedness of a servant.

From Germinie Lacerteux by Goncourt, Jules de