Wondering how to use Sheepish in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as sheeplike or docile.
Sheepish meaning
- Having the characteristics of a sheep, as meekness, shyness, or docility.
- Shy, meek, ashamed or embarrassed.
Synonyms of Sheepish
Using Sheepish
- The main meaning on this page is: Having the characteristics of a sheep, as meekness, shyness, or docility. | Shy, meek, ashamed or embarrassed.
- Useful related words include: sheeplike, docile, shamefaced, ashamed.
- In the example corpus, sheepish often appears in combinations such as: sheepish in, looking sheepish, the sheepish.
Context around Sheepish
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 3 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 12 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Sheepish
- In this selection, "sheepish" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, looking, turned, few, smile, nra and klopp stand out and add context to how "sheepish" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a few sheepish looking men and a little sheepish saying this. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "sheepish" sits close to words such as aaon, abbv and abdalla, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with sheepish
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
His expression turned sheepish. (4 words)
The uninjured man appeared from his vehicle looking sheepish after wrecking his sports car. (14 words)
A humility that has nothing to do with self-deprecation or with a sheepish nature. (15 words)
Raised in Louisville, Ky., among racetrack denizens, my father can be a miserable loser and a confounding winner, self-pitying in defeat and sheepish in victory, as if either outcome feels a little unjust. (34 words)
The crowd at the Solace Women’s Aid fundraiser at a pub in north London oblige, with women moving closer to the stage and a few sheepish-looking men shuffling out of the way. (34 words)
And then it actually happened, and the whole rising up against a tyrannical government thing just totally slipped our minds, which is a little embarrassing," a sheepish NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre said. (32 words)
When this would happen I’m sure I had a sheepish look on my face and I would think to myself, “Oh crap! (23 words)
Example sentences (13)
Sheepish in our paper name tags, nobody wanted to be the first to step on a board.
Raised in Louisville, Ky., among racetrack denizens, my father can be a miserable loser and a confounding winner, self-pitying in defeat and sheepish in victory, as if either outcome feels a little unjust.
You're even asked how you react when you find something funny, whether it be a booming laugh, a little chuckle or even a sheepish smile.
And then it actually happened, and the whole rising up against a tyrannical government thing just totally slipped our minds, which is a little embarrassing," a sheepish NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre said.
But a sheepish Klopp couldn't remember where Mourinho, 56, even played before asking reporters to check for him in the middle of his pre-Spurs press conference.
The party is looking sheepish, squirming and desperate, as they try to belittle Labour's support for tackling child hunger.
His expression turned sheepish.
The crowd at the Solace Women’s Aid fundraiser at a pub in north London oblige, with women moving closer to the stage and a few sheepish-looking men shuffling out of the way.
A humility that has nothing to do with self-deprecation or with a sheepish nature.
I feel a little sheepish saying this to the person who does it, but I sometimes get stressed-out just thinking about the process of a stop-motion film.
It was the sheepish behaviour of a delivery vehicle driver and his passenger at about midnight that aroused the suspicion of police at Kuruman in the Northern Cape.
The uninjured man appeared from his vehicle looking sheepish after wrecking his sports car.
When this would happen I’m sure I had a sheepish look on my face and I would think to myself, “Oh crap!
Common combinations with sheepish
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- sheepish in 2×
- looking sheepish 2×
- the sheepish 2×