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Example sentences for: timid

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

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?
It is tough slogging, but for the first time I sense that this commission--though divided, underfunded, timid, and without any power beyond exhortation--isn't entirely useless.
Bradley thinks Gore is running on a timid platform designed to avoid political heat rather than to solve problems.
The LAT and NYT note Obuchi's reputation for timid foot-dragging, and characterize this as a purposeful attempt to appear bold and decisive.
Your portrait of Japan is funny, but if they were really as timid and mingy as you suggest, they wouldn't be so healthy and long-lived.