Examples of 'sheepish' in a sentence

Meaning of "sheepish"

sheepish describes a demeanor or behavior that conveys shyness, embarrassment, or a lack of self-assurance, often due to feeling awkward or self-conscious
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  • Having the characteristics of a sheep.
  • Shy, meek, shameful or embarrassed.

How to use "sheepish" in a sentence

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You do this sheepish little smile together.
You do not have to get all sheepish.
And looking sheepish he admitted he had forgotten.
And he started in this sheepish way to say.
We often hear people describe others as being sheepish.
Followed by the sheepish admission of truth.
I did not mean to make you feel sheepish.
His sheepish grin gave her the answer.
Harry gave that same sheepish laugh as earlier.
Then she suddenly turned sheepish.
He was very sheepish about it.
My friends looked at me somewhat confused and a bit sheepish.
Lambert the sheepish lion.
That sheepish comment unexpectedly made it halfway around the world.
I think we were all a little sheepish today.

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Hand up sheepish look on face.
Tom looked a bit sheepish.
O appears sheepish and uncooperative when asked about computer activities.
Oh no it may be due to my sheepish character.
These girls were beating the guys on the water and they were looking a bit sheepish.
But he has a sheepish grin.
Sheepish start for the lion of Longbridge.
He went away looking very sheepish.
Ginger looked sheepish as Tjaden danced round him.
You are looking a little sheepish.
Sheepish behavior only serves to embolden the enemies of the Armenian nation.
Jack gave the two soaked scientists a sheepish look.
No wonder I am so sheepish in every way tonight.
I am feeling very sheepish.
But I also feel sheepish and ashamed for my earlier wrong conclusion.
No need to look sheepish.
Sheepish About Hitler and clever generals.
He looked sufficiently sheepish to me.
A sheepish version of Space Invaders.
If we did not feel sheepish.
And I would have felt sheepish if I were not so indignant and offended.
He was weak and sheepish.
Were they feeling sheepish about being rescued by an oil tanker?
No wonder he looks sheepish.
I feel almost sheepish writing that, because the genre has been so degraded in the past….
Not very sheepish.
Examples can be found in the film Dumbo and the short Lambert the Sheepish Lion.
You have got a bull feeling sheepish and cows on a hen night.
Tom was tugging at a button-hole and looking sheepish.
The majority either said no or looked sheepish and said they had skimmed it.
I came home last week, my dog looked sheepish.
The English words Sheeple and sheepish are derived from this image.
Look at her over there, looking all sheepish.
When he did, there was a sheepish look on his face.
When he saw me with my camera, he got a little sheepish.

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