lacking confidence
Example Sentences
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The 30-year-old artist from Idaho found herself lacking confidence and routinely deferring to her older partner, a dynamic she attributed in part to a disparity in life experience.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 9, 2025
Hamilton's specific problem with the Ferrari this year is that he is lacking confidence in the rear during braking and corner entry.
From BBC • Aug. 27, 2025
It was difficult to see Spence that way: depleted, beaten, lacking confidence.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 30, 2023
Were Biles to go out there lacking confidence — were she to spin out of control — there could be serious consequences.
From Washington Post • Jul. 28, 2021
Deprived of their help and lacking confidence in the weak and ill-planned walls, the citizen body evacuated Rome itself and fled to the neighboring towns.
From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly
