shamefacedness
- a word derived from shamefaced.
Example Sentences
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Covertly and with a sly shamefacedness, unlike himself, he was trying to read the expression in the huntsman's face.
From The Best Short Stories of 1919 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story by O'Brien, Edward J. (Edward Joseph Harrington)
It is not uncommon to hear a quiet, silent man of rank unjustly suspected of pride and haughtiness; but there could be no such mistake here—his shamefacedness was patent to all men.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 22, March, 1852, Volume 4. by
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.
"I say, Jack, stow that!" he said gently, and with a little shamefacedness.
From The New Rector by Weyman, Stanley John
The men received the pleasant salutation of Hamilton with awkwardness, but without any trace of shamefacedness, for they had the consciousness of their righteous cause to give them confidence in a strange environment.
From Making People Happy by Fisher, Harrison
