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Example sentences for: timidity

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

But it is really a commentary on the timidity of the art establishment.
"The Prime Minister has, through timidity and ineptness, helped to make this monster.
Pundits agreed that Clinton's remarks and China's decision to air them were bold and made up for 1) Clinton's previous timidity and 2) China's petty, repressive gestures earlier in the trip.
Rodchenko and his friends in the various groupings of the left wing of Soviet art in the 1920s saw themselves as embattled representatives of the true spirit of the Revolution, in the face of various currents of reaction, mediocrity, timidity, and stasis.
While some conservatives allege that Clinton's unnecessary belligerence provoked the Serbs to ethnic cleansing, others say his timidity about using ground troops "emboldened" the Serbs to the same effect.