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Example sentences for: diffident

How can you use “diffident” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

At the same time, I'm sure you will agree that Microsoft is somewhat diffident about playing politics.
A teen-ager with an excellent relationship with a single mom, the study says, has a far better chance of avoiding drug abuse than does one living in a two-parent household including a diffident father.
Especially interesting are the descriptors that are taken over from very different semantic domains, such as words that describe personality and character: aggressive, charming, diffident, honest, feminine, masculine . How can these descriptions be meaningful?
His accent and modest, even diffident, manner led the Negro leaders to view him as much less than he was.
If you, like Donny Osmond, are among the 1-in-8 distressingly diffident Americans, a new drug can treat you.