Wondering how to use Abashed in a sentence? Below are 2 example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as chagrined or embarrassed.
Abashed in a sentence
Abashed meaning
Embarrassed, disconcerted, or ashamed.
Synonyms of Abashed
Using Abashed
- The main meaning on this page is: Embarrassed, disconcerted, or ashamed.
- Useful related words include: chagrined, embarrassed, discomposed.
Context around Abashed
- Average sentence length in these examples: 17.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Abashed
- In this selection, "abashed" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 17.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, utterly and camp stand out and add context to how "abashed" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include feeling utterly abashed the physicist and sex and abashed camp remains. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "abashed" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with abashed
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Feeling “utterly abashed,” the physicist abandoned the concept and never raised it again. (13 words)
Ralph Fiennes’s central turn as charming concierge M Gustave, all beneficent sex and abashed camp, remains the man’s finest hour. (22 words)
Ralph Fiennes’s central turn as charming concierge M Gustave, all beneficent sex and abashed camp, remains the man’s finest hour. (22 words)
Feeling “utterly abashed,” the physicist abandoned the concept and never raised it again. (13 words)
Example sentences (2)
Feeling “utterly abashed,” the physicist abandoned the concept and never raised it again.
Ralph Fiennes’s central turn as charming concierge M Gustave, all beneficent sex and abashed camp, remains the man’s finest hour.