How do you use Sheepishly in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Sheepishly meaning
In a sheepish way; shyly; meekly; bashfully; self-consciously; with embarrassment.
Using Sheepishly
- The main meaning on this page is: In a sheepish way; shyly; meekly; bashfully; self-consciously; with embarrassment.
- In the example corpus, sheepishly often appears in combinations such as: sheepishly saying, him sheepishly, but sheepishly.
Context around Sheepishly
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 7 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Sheepishly
- In this selection, "sheepishly" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, away, brand, harley, saying, revealing and attempted stand out and add context to how "sheepishly" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include acknowledged somewhat sheepishly in a and and smiled sheepishly. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "sheepishly" sits close to words such as aare, aarti and abl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with sheepishly
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
We looked at him sheepishly. (5 words)
Shuffle sheepishly back to the kitchen. (6 words)
That very moment, Mr. Muyi realised his folly and smiled sheepishly. (11 words)
He was scared of cockroaches and I wasn't so more than once I'd have to go in his room and get a cockroach out while a screaming half-nude woman stood on the bed and he hovered near the door sheepishly saying "thanks Sooz". (46 words)
But on Sunday night, the sheepishly ran a correction to the article, noting that the supposed victim declined to be interviewed by the feds who vetted Kavanaugh and friends of hers say she doesn’t remember the incident. (38 words)
Brand sheepishly attempted to explain himself and replied: ‘I took her out for one evening,’ to which Sir Rod demanded to know if he had behaved himself while in his daughter’s company. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
Afterward, Riley points out Ellie's Infected bite before sheepishly revealing her own bite.
Alison was unable to hold it back any longer, letting out the loudest laugh while Dermot looked away sheepishly.
Brand sheepishly attempted to explain himself and replied: ‘I took her out for one evening,’ to which Sir Rod demanded to know if he had behaved himself while in his daughter’s company.
Congress has 535 members and only a handful will even sheepishly admit their ‘religiously unaffiliated,” he joked.
Eventually, he looked around, sheepishly, and said he would call her later.
In the face of challenges or dangers, Buffalo people are not lily-livered or chicken out sheepishly.
Quark asks if Harley came up with that beautiful statement, with Harley sheepishly saying yes.
Sheepishly, he explained to her that while he could speak Giant, he couldn't read it and asked if she would teach him to read in any language before the potion wore off.
I have started doing that,’ he confessed sheepishly after the studio audience burst into laughter.
She sheepishly explained that she had had a good night’s sleep, woke up, and had a luxurious stretch to start the day.
Some people were far too close,” Sebbagh acknowledged somewhat sheepishly in a phone interview Sunday.
But on Sunday night, the sheepishly ran a correction to the article, noting that the supposed victim declined to be interviewed by the feds who vetted Kavanaugh and friends of hers say she doesn’t remember the incident.
He was scared of cockroaches and I wasn't so more than once I'd have to go in his room and get a cockroach out while a screaming half-nude woman stood on the bed and he hovered near the door sheepishly saying "thanks Sooz".
That very moment, Mr. Muyi realised his folly and smiled sheepishly.
We looked at him sheepishly.
When Patrick walked into the back of the room mid-meeting, the women turned around as he sheepishly apologized for his tardiness and short stay.
My insurance broker sheepishly acknowledged the spikes were primarily due to a single employee needing kidney dialysis.
One seasoned punter told me he had won 7,000 baht on the previous race, but sheepishly admitted that he usually lost.
Shuffle sheepishly back to the kitchen.
So he's not surprised when one of the firm's purchasing agents approaches him sheepishly to ask for a lesson in attaching documents to emails.
Common combinations with sheepishly
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: