shamefacedness
- a word derived from shamefaced.
Example Sentences
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Don Lorenzo and Don Feliciano Gomez greeted the newcomer with a certain embarrassment, and with some shamefacedness, all of which confirmed Don Rosendo in his suspicion.
From The Fourth Estate, vol.1 by Palacio Vald?s, Armando
And thus it is called shamefacedness, because the face exhibits the changes of the mind.
From Plutarch's Morals by Shilleto, Arthur Richard
Eleanor's shamefacedness was upon her in full force when she found herself in the canoe pushing off from the schooner and her friends there.
From The Old Helmet, Volume II by Warner, Susan
And with many apologies and some shamefacedness he explained the situation.
From Ovington's Bank by Weyman, Stanley J.
There was a certain shamefacedness in her manner, when at last she began to explain the object of her errand.
From That Lass O' Lowrie's 1877 by Burnett, Frances Hodgson
