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Example sentences for: timid

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you staring out from those bulging eyes asking frankly for my sympathy, yet timid, apologetic, only doing your job-- my familiar flying through rising fumes to drag me from my car.
If the gamblers play along with this commission's timid recommendations, they'll be safe for another 20 years.
By 2,000 b.c. , these timid, gentle nomads hunting with bow and arrow were driven back from the coasts by waves of sturdy immigrants arriving in outrigger canoes equipped with sails.
The LAT and NYT note Obuchi's reputation for timid foot-dragging, and characterize this as a purposeful attempt to appear bold and decisive.
Secretary of Defense William Cohen may be thoughtful and bright, argues the cover story, but he's timid about using America's military might (in Bosnia, especially) and unwilling to make hard decisions about Pentagon budget cuts.