sheepishly

Adverb

Meaning

in a sheepish manner

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I heard the Beatles and the Stones, and Mom bought me an electric guitar. I played lead for four years and then switched to bass. One day someone suggested that I should sing, so I sheepishly stepped up to the microphone and the rest is rock history. Glenn Hughes

sheepishly he handed her back the money Source: Internet

And Steve Carrel won points with 25-to-54-year-old women everywhere by smiling sheepishly as his wife, Nancy, kept butting in on his interview. Source: Internet

He was so harassed by pecuniary worries that he gave up his pew in a Madison Avenue church, admitting sheepishly he did so “because of my inability to pay the rent.” Source: Internet

The day it happened, I snuck out of work, rode the 6 train uptown, and sheepishly showed the tiny tube around the makeup floor of Barneys until someone recognized it and rang me up. Source: Internet

He sheepishly explains “Netflix and chill” to Erin. Source: Internet

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