coyness

Example Sentences

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Watts laughs and says no more, less out of coyness than serenity.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2025

Zappe’s coyness aside, things seemed to be trending in that direction as New England began preparing to host Detroit.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 5, 2022

But the map itself isn’t coyness or frustration for its own sake.

From The Verge • Apr. 4, 2022

In the ensuing outcry, Dmitri S. Peskov, Mr. Putin’s spokesman, echoed his boss’s coyness by noting that the president himself had not singled out any target by name.

From New York Times • Feb. 26, 2019

She so startled me by her question that I forgot my usual coyness.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam