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Example sentences for: diffident

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If you, like Donny Osmond, are among the 1-in-8 distressingly diffident Americans, a new drug can treat you.
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.
His accent and modest, even diffident, manner led the Negro leaders to view him as much less than he was.
When you see Bradley, you see a naturally diffident man talking about how he would like to run for president and fretting about the distance between his ideal campaign and the real one.