diffidently

Example Sentences

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“Well,” he began diffidently, “essentially I’m a writer.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

She sings about love, almost diffidently, amid sustained swells of brasses and strings. an electronic drumbeat and some echoing trumpet calls raise tensions, only to dissolve them in the undulating warmth of Carm’s orchestrations.

From New York Times • Sep. 2, 2022

Yes, we were responding to anonymous prompts, but we were looking, respectfully and diffidently, at a fellow human being.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2021

Joel smiled diffidently and admitted, "The ball has been bouncing my way so far."

From Golf Digest • Apr. 16, 2020

“Oh, I was in market research, to begin with,” he says diffidently.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood