Nuzhat al-Zaman bowed her head in bashfulness when she heard what he said and communed with herself. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference
"Nay, farther," continued Mr. Silton, "there are two distinct sorts of what we call bashfulness; this, the awkwardness of a booby, which. From Wordnik.com. [The Man of Feeling] Reference
He had a kind of bashfulness that a married man would have lost. From Wordnik.com. [Maigret and the Lazy Burglar]
There may be many difficulties in your way, such as bashfulness, want of fluent speech, awkwardness of manner, and ignorance. From Wordnik.com. [Trials and Triumphs of Faith] Reference
She replied not without timidity, but without that hasty bashfulness which is so often taken for modesty. From Wordnik.com. [Rudin] Reference
"bashfulness," and replied that the person was bashful simply because he was thinking of himself and the impression he was making. From Wordnik.com. [A Series of Lessons in Raja Yoga] Reference
I had got quit of my bashfulness on the subject of. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844] Reference
Boldness conquered where bashfulness would have failed. From Wordnik.com. [The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert] Reference
In truth, bashfulness was never one of Haydon's foibles. From Wordnik.com. [Little Memoirs of the Nineteenth Century] Reference
It seemed my bashfulness was gone, now I was his for life. From Wordnik.com. [The Canadian Elocutionist] Reference
And the helpless one became suffused with the blushes of bashfulness. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Adi Parva] Reference
I suppose that my teacher concluded that she had cured me of my bashfulness. From Wordnik.com. [A Preliminary Study of the Emotion of Love between the Sexes] Reference
"Now; isn't it, Ralfy?" appealing to her betrothed with appropriate bashfulness. From Wordnik.com. [Wired Love A Romance of Dots and Dashes] Reference
Thus did he make judgement and not bashfulness the arbiter of his gifts and favours. From Wordnik.com. [Plutarch's Morals] Reference
If you find bashfulness or embarrassment coming upon you, do or say something at once. From Wordnik.com. [Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners A Complete Sexual Science and a Guide to Purity and Physical Manhood, Advice To Maiden, Wife, And Mother, Love, Courtship, And Marriage] Reference
We have got to get away from the British bashfulness about generosity and philanthropy. From Wordnik.com. [Wealthy urged to follow Lord Sainsbury's philanthropic lead] Reference
"From a mere delicacy, a simple bashfulness," said the father, coming to her assistance. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845.] Reference
But as soon as her first feeling of bashfulness was over, Rose spoke freely and brightly. From Wordnik.com. [Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North] Reference
Women are seldom troubled, at the age at which men suffer, with bashfulness or awkwardness. From Wordnik.com. [Manners and Social Usages] Reference
There is that for bashfulness promiseth to his friend, and maketh him his enemy for nothing. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 26: Ecclesiasticus The Challoner Revision] Reference
He was overcome with bashfulness and did not arise until several urged him to say something. From Wordnik.com. [Watch Yourself Go By] Reference
Is it bashfulness, said she, that keeps you from speaking? or is it want of confidence in me?. From Wordnik.com. [The Arabian Nights Entertainments - Volume 01] Reference
"All right, go on, old fellow, just a drop more brandy to encourage your bashfulness, eh!" laughed Frank. From Wordnik.com. [The Power of Mesmerism A Highly Erotic Narrative of Voluptuous Facts and Fancies] Reference
"G. n., my dear," said the gallant "C," in whose composition bashfulness seemed certainly to have no part. From Wordnik.com. [Wired Love A Romance of Dots and Dashes] Reference
Daniel found it impossible to overcome his bashfulness, was spontaneous only in sonnets, brilliant only in bouquets. From Wordnik.com. [A Brace Of Boys 1867, From "Little Brother"] Reference
He had entirely recovered from his bashfulness, and was feeling rather well pleased with himself, so he answered promptly. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of the Big Front Door] Reference
And so repentance follows more closely upon bashfulness than upon any emotion, and that not afterwards, but in the very act. From Wordnik.com. [Plutarch's Morals] Reference
It is probable, too, that his constitutional bashfulness and distrust of himself brought out her greater confidence and buoyancy. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866] Reference
I have often tried to say to you personally what I am about to write, but was prevented by a kind of almost clownish bashfulness. From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order] Reference
And she thereupon ran, as if in great bashfulness, to catch hold of her attire, and as if she was exceedingly annoyed with Marut. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Adi Parva] Reference
By gifts people ensnare the worse natures, but by persuasion and playing upon their bashfulness people often seduce even good women. From Wordnik.com. [Plutarch's Morals] Reference
But the mistrust he had of himself, and his incurable bashfulness, invariably prevented these heroic resolutions from being carried out. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Moreover, the use and practice of restraining one's bashfulness in small and unimportant matters is advantageous also in regard to praise. From Wordnik.com. [Plutarch's Morals] Reference
The gift and the possession are true sanctifiers of life, and should be worn as precious jewels without affectation and without bashfulness. From Wordnik.com. [Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners A Complete Sexual Science and a Guide to Purity and Physical Manhood, Advice To Maiden, Wife, And Mother, Love, Courtship, And Marriage] Reference
"Why, Mother," answered Fred, getting over his bashfulness, now that the secret was out, "it was all about treating servants with kindness.". From Wordnik.com. [The Apple Dumpling and Other Stories for Young Boys and Girls] Reference
But bashfulness is not only a bad and inconsiderate manager of money, but also in more important matters makes us reject expediency and reason. From Wordnik.com. [Plutarch's Morals] Reference
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