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Significados de sheepish em inglês

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 "shamefaced"
Examples for "shamefaced"
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He looked very grave, and at the same time a little shamefaced.
The Net
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You were all in- Ifeltthat-Ralph stammered in a shamefaced fashion.
Angel Island
3
He knew as much himself, as his shamefaced glances around made clear.
Long time coming: a novel
4
They were a shamefaced set of fellows after it was all over.
Trials and Triumphs of Faith
5
Until at last someone said in a low, shamefaced, but friendly, tone:
Through Russia
Uso de sheepish em inglês
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They seemed to respond better to Willow; they looked sheepish and guilty.
Wizard at Large
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The young father is sheepish about inviting guests inside his prefabricated shelter.
Reuters
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There was a sheepish quality to the winning dressing-room in Killarney yesterday.
The Irish Times
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A human might have been sheepish about it, but Orma simply shrugged.
Seraphina: The Audition
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Several players stopped to give sheepish reactions to what had just transpired.
The Irish Times
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Ethan and Thayer stood several feet away from each other, looking sheepish.
Cross My Heart, Hope to Die
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Here Casimir looked sheepish and shifted nervously, looking at his Neutrino friends.
The Big U
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Inside Jason Smyth is hunched up in a warm coat looking sheepish.
The Irish Times
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He returned to the lake, but he felt sheepish on the way.
The Last of the Chiefs: A Story of the Great Sioux War
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We're interrupted by a slightly sheepish middle-aged woman I've never seen before.
Cleaving
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The men were perfectly sheepish now, and I began to breathe again.
Boycotted, and Other Stories
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One rather hopes that they stood around on Lambay looking suitably sheepish.
The Irish Times
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He looked so sheepish I just had to ask what it was.
Parnassus on Wheels
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Conrad gave Nana a sheepish look as he clinked glasses with her.
G'day to die: a passport to peril mystery
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Peppi stopped and looked at her, unable to suppress a sheepish grin.
Home to italy
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Instead, with a sheepish smile, he extended a large package to Anders.
Treecat Wars
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