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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:

And I once heard a Segovian graduate of Salamanca University say Venga to a small, timid dog.
So the Bill Clinton paradox--his reckless pursuit of sex and his timid clinging to office--is indeed no paradox.
Bradley thinks Gore is running on a timid platform designed to avoid political heat rather than to solve problems.
That's the moneymaking way to appeal to the timid, the plump, and the contented-i.e.
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.