shy

Bennett explained that "a certain evidential threshold" had to be reached before identifying individuals online, but said as a council they did not want to "shy away" from the problem.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

Situation: By that time, Snell is at 99 pitches, two shy of his season high, after the exhausting battles with Vaughn and Bauers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

But whether you think of him as shy or not, what he’s going through is something almost anyone would find a dreadful ordeal.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

The 47-year-old actor initially listed the residence, known as the Seyler House, for just shy of $10 million in July 2025.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

He was too shy, too scrawny, too awkward.

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly

"He shies away from the cameras, he doesn't address the nation at times and moments when people might expect him to," said Ashish Pradhan of the International Crisis Group.

From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026

"Malick never shies away from a challenge and always wants to lead from the front - a true mentality monster," he said.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2025

Noem invoked none of those magic buzz words, which the national security regime hardly shies away from levying in leak cases.

From Salon ● Mar. 13, 2025

The episode, titled “Who Killed Aaron Hernandez?,” shies away from simple answers to that question.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2024

This is certainly one reason why Dedd shies from these interviews.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez

“Mabel 2 is much shier and has more wildness in her,” so she was used in the nervous bird scenes early on.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2025

“I just loved it. It was a natural fit. I think it’s good for any child, to be honest, for confidence. I was on the shier side.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2025

Toula worked in my shier stage of life.

From Time Magazine Archive

Stat. v.r. dry scrubs        5.7 Like 270, but small white patch near outer edge of wing; shier; f., sim.

From An Australian Bird Book A Pocket Book for Field Use by John Albert Leach

Stat. r. trees        5.6 Like 377d, but head, nape chestnut; black ear patch in centre of a large white patch; two white bars on side of wing; shier; f., sim.

From An Australian Bird Book A Pocket Book for Field Use by John Albert Leach

Tell them how excited you are for them to meet your cousin, or make them the hero by asking them to check on the shiest person at the soiree.

From Salon ● Nov. 23, 2021

"But also, the girls and young women themselves, since it's likely the shiest and least experienced young women who are the victims of such encounters, would be loath to discuss them."

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2021

The shiest of the litter, he rested his head on Katt’s chest within moments of meeting her and quickly fell asleep.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 28, 2021

One of his closest friends among the Ducks, center Jake Hanson, once called Herbert “the shiest dude I’ve ever met.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2020

This resentful look is deceptive, however, for the bird is the shiest creature imaginable.

From Argentine Ornithology, Volume I (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. by W. H. (William Henry) Hudson

Often unnoticed by drivers, these structures help shyer animals move across the landscape.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 31, 2024

The looking task yielded more nuanced results, indicating that shyer children were occasionally more accurate but less likely to respond.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2023

Timur, the shyer of the two, also needed surgery on both eyes.

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2022

They’re shyer about making judgments about medical practice.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2021

The shyer creatures would go to the water hole early in the morning, drink a few sips of water, and then move away.

From "The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa" by Alexander Mccall Smith

Domingo was a mama’s boy and the shyest of his siblings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 10, 2026

And I kept thinking about my summer habit of roasting fruit in big weekly batches, how a stint in the oven could turn even the shyest berries into something plush and intense.

From Salon ● Dec. 16, 2025

"I was probably the shyest of the three."

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2025

Most of his teammates consider him one of the shyest players on Penn State’s roster.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 18, 2023

He was almost the shyest boy in Salinas.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

Holmes herself shied from the public eye, making the surprise release of the documentary "You Can See Everything" all the more astonishing when it debuted to high praise at the Telluride Film Festival in September.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

Dodgers right fielder Kyle Tucker has never shied away from just how bad his performance at the plate was for much of his first season in Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

Still, she never shied away from claiming her mountain identity; she never tried to change herself.

From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026

How can we take the measure of, or get to know, any person, especially a writer who, by his own admission, shied away from obvious forms of self-exposure?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

Ophie shied away from that line of thought.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland

It’s been a big topic, and certainly one that I’m not shying away from.

From Salon ● Apr. 27, 2026

Cruz isn't shying away from his family connections.

From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2026

Nor is Venezi shying away from the fight.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026

She went on to emphasise that the Berlinale "in particular is known for not shying away from political films, from films that have a real social angle".

From Barron's ● Feb. 14, 2026

“On my leg,” I lied, shying from telling her where the bite was.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright