When he first met Malala, in tow with her father, she was kind of bashful.

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Organiser Ilona Soane-Sands said the current generation of potential Miss Alderneys were more bashful than ever before.

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The charming and bashful claim of Kyrgyzstan is that it is the least known country in the world.

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But not everyone in the financial industry is so bashful.

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Linked In was too bashful for its own good.

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Negotiate in good faith, and don't be bashful.

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By turns playful and fierce, Packer alters mercurially from a "woman warrior" like Joan of Arc to a bashful young Juliet to a despairing Lady Macbeth, to name but a few of the most familiar.

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' She was so bashful about it.

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