timid

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• We exchanged timid greetings while the rest of them settled down.

• Colonial hasn’t fully changed that, but I think we’re moving away from a timid response.

• “At first, I was a little bit timid because I wasn’t sure how they would react,” JJ said.

• We’re not going to make the same mistake we made after the last economic downturn, when Congress did too little to help the nation rebound … we’re not going to be timid in the face of big challenges.

• One night after her program, the typically timid Evie perked up in her chair at the dinner table, excited to share some news.

• Could the (thus far) timid trembling give way to a full-on, grand mal seizure?

• He largely agreed with Lieberman but considered Netanyahu too timid towards the Palestinians.

• But when I arrive at the entrance, the timid gatekeeper tells me—without explanation—that I can no longer speak with him.

• Even the most timid and shaky of the puppies looks determined and confident in slo-mo.

• SO THAT HIS PLACE SHALL NEVER BE WITH THOSE COLD AND TIMID SOULS WHO NEITHER KNOW VICTORY NOR DEFEAT.

• If it were not for the cowardly fear of being thought timid, there would be more care used in such matters.