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:

Editorialists applauded his candor but dismissed him as timid and naive.
Someone has also wound up the Jack Kemp doll, which declares the 10 percent proposal "timid and pitiful."
So the Bill Clinton paradox--his reckless pursuit of sex and his timid clinging to office--is indeed no paradox.
Murdoch, who is now an American citizen, criticized Australian Prime Minister John Howard for opposing a republic and said Howard was generally too "timid" in his reforms.
Raised on the cool medium of television, undergrads are skeptical about passionate ideas, doubtful of genius, and intellectually timid.