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• r  in a sheepish manner
  sheepishly he handed her back the money

• He laughs sheepishly when people tell him, as they frequently do, that he is the world's most eligible bachelor.
• By late 1987 security officials began to concede, a little sheepishly, that no bugs had yet been found in the equipment removed from the Post Communications Center, or PCC, as the .
• The parents become habituated, and thenceforth on Muppet night somewhat sheepishly remind the children to close their calculus textbooks and turn on the set.

News & Articles

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• My Samsung Phone, and the Virtues of Feeling Cool
  Back in 2007, when the first iPhone was launched, it was common for complete strangers to stop iPhone owners to gawk openly at the shiny new device, ask how they liked it, and sheepishly ask if they could try it out for a minute or two.
  June 11, 2013 - New York Magazine

Quotes

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• James McAvoy in Starpulse.com (blog)
  McAvoy adds, "We carried on and about 10 seconds later we just said very sheepishly, 'Sorry about that.'"
• Sonny Lubick in San Diego Union Tribune
  Prior to terminating our interview - this is the police - he (the solicitor) indicated rather sheepishly that the judge would not want it to be known he was involved and gave certain advice concerning the matter - he names the matter - as there may... Bill Heffernan http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Heffernan&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNEtr-gZyug0cFxOXbYjIxKPWJ-55w The Age http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.theage.com.au/news/National/Senator-concerned-by-judicial-misconduct/2007/05/23/1179601465366.html&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNFoitlZUZ7uu8Q8-1MwCtyJfRyAKA May 22, 2007 89073 118657 sheepishly I came out early, waited for him and saw him out there an hour before the game," Lubick said. "I sheepishly went up to him and introduced myself to him."