Words similar to timid

Example sentences for: timid

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

The supposedly timid Davis pushed through bold HMO reform, an aggressive assault-weapon ban, mandatory high-school exit exams, and peer review for teachers.
Editorialists applauded his candor but dismissed him as timid and naive.
How can it be that these two identities--bold, reckless pursuer of bliss and timid, desperate pursuer of office--exist in the same man?
That's the moneymaking way to appeal to the timid, the plump, and the contented-i.e.
In a season when directors have been breaking free of timid generic expectations, why not an audacious film of Shakespeare's least accomplished and most wretchedly excessive tragedy?