How to Use bashful in a Sentence

bashful

adjective

• Unions aren’t bashful about displaying such a show of force, which has achieved labor’s ends before.
  — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 May 2024
• Jung is not bashful about how much the All-Star Game would mean to him.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 25 June 2023
• The new hire at his chemist, a bashful Saudi girl, shies from his request to spray colognes on his hand.
  — The Economist, 28 Apr. 2018
• Think of him as a proto Shaun Livingston with a more bashful off-the-dribble game.
  — Rob Mahoney, SI.com, 25 June 2018
• Don’t be bashful about asking for help or advice when there is a job to do.
  — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 24 May 2021
• Collins was not bashful in his first start, attempting three of the Blazers' first six shots from the field, but was up-and-down on the night.
  — Joe Freeman, OregonLive.com, 13 Dec. 2017
• Because the Zion who has spoken publicly this week doesn’t sound like the bashful one who was just thrilled to be a part of it all.
  — Scott Kushner, NOLA.com, 10 Dec. 2020
• The Mickelson thumbs up is a trademark, as is the bashful grin, the looping swing and the loping gait of a gunslinger.
  — Rob Hodgetts, CNN, 30 Mar. 2018
• As a result, Moscow has not been bashful about helping the Houthis.
  — Hamidreza Azizi, Foreign Affairs, 14 Feb. 2024
• There will be decadence galore — enough to make more bashful souls blush.
  — Susannah Bryan, sun-sentinel.com, 27 Sep. 2019
• While steadfast when faced with a dilemma, Anoai-Schall is bashful when praised.
  — Shelby Dermer, Cincinnati.com, 1 Apr. 2020
• Although 29 years old, Thomas sometimes seems as bashful as a child to exert his will in the locker room or on the field.
  — Mark Kiszla, The Denver Post, 11 Apr. 2017
• QB Ian Kipp also isn’t bashful about tucking the football to run.
  — Matt Goul, cleveland, 2 Sep. 2020
• And, speaking of Colin: Where does his adorably bashful asking out of Mare leave them?
  — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 9 May 2021
• Or maybe a bashful 25-year-old thankful to have a job driving race cars but unsure about all that went with that.
  — Dave Kallmann, Journal Sentinel, 18 Jan. 2023
• Reed, meanwhile, is never bashful about egging on the crowd when playing away from home.
  — Doug Ferguson, The Denver Post, 12 Dec. 2019
• Consider, for instance, a friend of mine who bought a butter dish in the shape of a bashful hippo.
  — Tessa Bahoosh, USA TODAY, 19 June 2020
• Joe is not what people would consider bashful, so one day as Brees left the church, the cop in him couldn’t resist.
  — Peter Finney Jr. | Editor-In-Chief, NOLA.com, 8 Feb. 2021
• Yes, Rob is bashful and awkward on camera, but this was beyond that.
  — Lauren Hoffman, Cosmopolitan, 29 Aug. 2016
• Some are calm and bashful while others howl or jump, full of energy.
  — Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Mar. 2022
• And Stewart, like Diana, has a bashful effect that the camera adores.
  — Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2021
• Since then, the proud parents have been less bashful about posting cute photos of their adorable daughter.
  — Alexandra Schonfeld, Peoplemag, 18 June 2023
• Aquarius, a bit more bashful and shy, might also but heads with Leo if Leo tries to show them off or push them into the spotlight.
  — Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 20 Jan. 2023
• And there’s no need to feel bashful about the situation either.
  — Rozalynn S. Frazier, SELF, 10 Mar. 2022
• Most of our hollies have been bashful about producing fruit this year.
  — Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, 19 Nov. 2021
• Is spring the time to sell a house modeled after the cottage where the fictional Snow White lived with the grumpy, happy and bashful Seven Dwarfs?
  — Janet Eastman, OregonLive.com, 3 Apr. 2018
• Grace, 18, bares a strong resemblance to her model mother while Finn, 16, looks more bashful in the group photo.
  — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 2 Aug. 2022
• Jordan’s bashful response doesn’t tell the whole story, though.
  — Alexis Cubit, The Courier-Journal, 18 Dec. 2022
• Nordin, Michigan's unique, never-bashful kicker from Rockford, has one of the strongest legs in the country.
  — Nick Baumgardner, Detroit Free Press, 10 May 2018
• Cher was bashful to be busted but then couldn’t help laughing out loud at the audacity.
  — Mia McNiece, PEOPLE.com, 1 Apr. 2020

Last Updated: 17 Dec 2024