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Use bashful in a sentence

Definition of bashful:

  • (adjective) self-consciously timid | shy | not liking to be noticed
  • (verb) be silly or tease one another

Sentence Examples:

You are bashful, and awkward.

Oh, you feel bashful; boys!

You needn't be bashful, gentlemen.

Besides, you are downright bashful.

Don't be bashful; speak out.

Come forward; be not bashful.

She made no bashful excuses.

You see, he is awfully bashful.

He was bashful and awkward.

Don't be bashful, help yourself.

And he was incredibly bashful.

Dot was a little bashful.

Asked Angelica with bashful hesitation.

Frighten my bashful, pretty one.

The quality of being bashful.

Says she, a little bashful.

Joe was far from bashful.

Bashful shame Deep Red Rose.

Jacobs, with a bashful smile.

I pity these bashful men.

Yes, bashful; too many people.

"Don't be bashful," observed Dave.

She seemed bashful and retiring.

I never laughed, being bashful.

Be not bashful with us.

You need not be bashful, Harry.

Are you bashful on my account?

You are not usually so bashful.

You're a bashful soul, aren't you?

The bashful poor are poor indeed.

Sweet piece of bashful maiden art!

"You needn't be bashful before us."

Are you bashful to that degree?

Pray, do not be so bashful!

You won't be bashful, will you?

Course I didn't feel bashful any!

"I was too bashful," he replied.

If you ain't bashful, take that.

He is not a bashful man.

His manner was singularly bashful.

"Not bashful," added the squire.

She has those bashful spells.

"He was too bashful," said Ferguson.

I thought perhaps he was bashful.

"Rose is too bashful for that."

Oh, don't feel bashful about it.

You know, she may be bashful.

Too bashful to say another word.

Clay laughed in a bashful manner.

She thinks, "or is he bashful?"

He was evidently nervous, or bashful.

Like myself, they are rather bashful.

How particular and bashful you are!

You know baby brothers are bashful.

Kite was not a bashful man.

I was too bashful for that.

It would not do to be bashful.

You are very bashful, to be sure.

I see she is a little bashful.

He is bashful and ill at ease.

Your Philosophy seems to be too bashful.

You say you are a bashful youth.

Since when have you been so bashful?

This is the bashful young man!

David murmured a pleased, bashful assent.

Maybe she's sort of bashful, now.

I was bashful; she was not.

They were neither bold nor bashful.

The reply was a bashful giggle.

She was not at all bashful.

See she bends her bashful head.

Adeline was unusually silent, unusually bashful.

Our host was not bashful, however.

Don't be bashful when we're around.

Start them; don't be bashful, gentlemen!

She inquired, by no means bashful.

Bashful youths gather courage from moonlight.

"The boy is timid and bashful."

She hung her head, bashful again.

Bumble, bending over the bashful beauty.

He appears bashful when with girls.

I answered him with bashful front.

"That would make me feel bashful, Sam."

Bashful fool and idiot that I was.

Really, I believe you're bashful with girls.

I didn't think you were bashful, Rufus.

Lawyers are not bashful as a body.

"You don't want to be bashful there."

I told him in a bashful whisper.

This is the bashful desire of everything.

He seems to be rather bashful, though.

One of the most bashful of birds.

A curious bashful fashion tends to prevail.

With bashful forehead him I gave reply.

Cried Isabel, starting with bashful eagerness.

"Funny how bashful these gun-artists are!"

He said it with a slightly bashful air.

It's awful to be a bashful young man!

He said, with a sort of bashful determination.

We Dwellers in Asgard are reserved and bashful.