timidly
Example Sentences
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Why did this team play so predictably and timidly?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 12, 2026
Softly at first then louder, as if to encourage those who joined in timidly, the nuns broke into Ave Maria.
From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2025
One woman traveled over an hour from a different city, timidly hovering near the entrance before eventually telling Oh that she had come to see the bananas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2024
Few comedies are released theatrically, and most of the ones that are timidly stick to familiar territory.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 4, 2023
Then the warmth melted through into the cold concealed box where he stored forbidden thoughts, and the thoughts came timidly up to the surface like children who do not know whether they will be received.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
