shamefaced
Example Sentences
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The fallout, so far, has included shamefaced admissions and apologies from judges; a promise of improvement from the Administrative Office of the U.S.
From Washington Post • Oct. 5, 2021
Most cases end amicably: shamefaced neighbours return the cat, everyone moves on.
From The Guardian • Jan. 22, 2020
I received the same shamefaced response when I called the other two physicians in the Senate—Rand Paul of Kentucky and John Barrasso of Wyoming.
From Slate • Nov. 29, 2017
He, at least, had had the grace to be shamefaced.
From The New Yorker • Dec. 12, 2011
Imagine, Tata Ndu said, a shamefaced chief who could only afford one single wife!
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
