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Meanings of sheepish in English

Like or suggestive of a sheep in docility or stupidity or meekness or timidity.

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Showing a sense of shame.

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Examples for "sheeplike"
Examples for "sheeplike"
1
Now they are a hipster habit, a sheeplike folly, a permanent pretension.
The Guardian
2
Its screen was chipped and dust-covered and sheeplike figures moved across it dumbly.
Lowboy
3
One did not get the idea that Armenians, men or women, were sheeplike pacifists.
The Eye of Zeitoon
4
A sheeplike face she had always thought it before today.
The Bazaar of Bad Dreams
5
His face struck Aidan as a bit mild and sheeplike.
Enchanted Glass
Usage of sheepish in English
1
They seemed to respond better to Willow; they looked sheepish and guilty.
Wizard at Large
2
The young father is sheepish about inviting guests inside his prefabricated shelter.
Reuters
3
There was a sheepish quality to the winning dressing-room in Killarney yesterday.
The Irish Times
4
A human might have been sheepish about it, but Orma simply shrugged.
Seraphina: The Audition
5
Several players stopped to give sheepish reactions to what had just transpired.
The Irish Times
6
Ethan and Thayer stood several feet away from each other, looking sheepish.
Cross My Heart, Hope to Die
7
Here Casimir looked sheepish and shifted nervously, looking at his Neutrino friends.
The Big U
8
Inside Jason Smyth is hunched up in a warm coat looking sheepish.
The Irish Times
9
He returned to the lake, but he felt sheepish on the way.
The Last of the Chiefs: A Story of the Great Sioux War
10
We're interrupted by a slightly sheepish middle-aged woman I've never seen before.
Cleaving
11
The men were perfectly sheepish now, and I began to breathe again.
Boycotted, and Other Stories
12
One rather hopes that they stood around on Lambay looking suitably sheepish.
The Irish Times
13
He looked so sheepish I just had to ask what it was.
Parnassus on Wheels
14
Conrad gave Nana a sheepish look as he clinked glasses with her.
G'day to die: a passport to peril mystery
15
Peppi stopped and looked at her, unable to suppress a sheepish grin.
Home to italy
16
Instead, with a sheepish smile, he extended a large package to Anders.
Treecat Wars
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United States of America
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