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Recent Examples of sheepish In a few seconds, and more than once, a sheepish Mad Dog admitted to being friends with Mara. Bob Raissman, New York Daily News, 11 Jan. 2025 Musk has not been sheepish about staking the company’s future on autonomous software. Ryan Hogg, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2024 The scene where Acuña calls Drake’s mom to tell her that her son is (temporarily) out of the band, while a sheepish Drake stands nearby him, is sufficiently intense to make a viewer cringe with sympathetic embarrassment. Joe Leydon, Variety, 30 Aug. 2024 Schiller, who has been overseeing the iPhone app store since its inception in 2008, made the admission during occasionally sheepish testimony about the new payment options that so far have been shunned by all but a few dozen apps since their introduction in January. Michael Liedtke, Fortune, 23 May 2024 See All Example Sentences for sheepish
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sheepish
Adjective
  • However, Wicked arrived on Peacock on March 21, just shy of four months after the film opened in theaters.
    Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
  • And Prim Rose is a 1-year-old girl who is energetic yet a little shy and has been waiting for a forever family since January.
    Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 June 2025
Adjective
  • Often, people that indulge in this type of culture are considered anti-social or withdrawn, a stereotype that has been passed around for years.
    Dominick Williams, Kansas City Star, 26 June 2025
  • People become irritable, withdrawn, or hyper-independent.
    Barnaby Lashbrooke, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
Adjective
  • But that hasn't stopped Chisholm, who is not bashful about adding chains and non-uniform colors to his look, from getting criticism.
    Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 26 Mar. 2025
  • One time in particular, Fisher called him out for being a bit bashful about their Star Wars fame, Hamill recounted in a new interview on NPR's Fresh Air — like any good sister would.
    EW.com, EW.com, 4 June 2025
Adjective
  • The Saudis have also won their lone Gold Cup match so far, so this is for top spot in the group.
    Chris Branch, New York Times, 19 June 2025
  • The lone returnee who played regularly for last season’s NCAA Tournament team is junior guard Aidan Burke.
    Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 June 2025

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“Sheepish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sheepish. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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