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Meanings of shamefaced way in inglês

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Usage of shamefaced way in inglês
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Will paused a moment, then asked in a shamefaced way:
Will Warburton
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He uttered it in a shamefaced way, his eyes falling.
New Grub Street
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Pennyloaf looked up and down in a shamefaced way.
The Nether World
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He made this inquiry in rather a shamefaced way.
The Nether World
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He dropped his head in rather a shamefaced way, but lifted it with another laugh.
The Whole Family: a Novel by Twelve Authors
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He took my hand in a shrinking, shamefaced way, and could not raise his eyes.
The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories
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Then Olivia laughed in a shamefaced way.
Doctor Luttrell's First Patient
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He glanced in a shamefaced way at his companion, expecting to be sharply reprimanded for his awkwardness.
The Cruise of the Dazzler
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And next morning Charlie got hold of Tita, and said to her, in rather a shamefaced way:
Stories by English Authors: Germany (Selected by Scribners)
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When I said that we were, he looked at me in a shamefaced way, half timid, half arrogant.
The House of the Wolf: A Romance
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With a common impulse each seized his own baggage, and went in a shamefaced way on board the boat.
Chatterbox, 1905.
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Presently, Mr. Lott moved so as to come nearer to his travelling companion, and said in a muttering, shamefaced way-
The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories
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Groholsky dropped his eyes in a shamefaced way when the ladies flung their legs over the parapet as they reached the verandah.
Love and Other Stories
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Riglett slunk up in the shamefaced way peculiar to some boys, even when they have done nothing wrong, and, having capped Mr.
Mike
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The girls in the department noticed his shamefaced way, and they very soon discovered his trick of standing with his back to the street.
Of Human Bondage
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After a moment, however, he ducked his head in a shamefaced way and added in a smaller voice, "He would be easier to clean."
His Majesty’s Dragon
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