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
It was difficult to see Spence that way: depleted, beaten, lacking confidence.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 30, 2023
Lowe had knowledge of the “crazy” currents in the San Juan Islands from previous work and he remembers lacking confidence that the sub’s propulsion was strong enough to fight them.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 24, 2023
Go Beyond, which gives vulnerable youngsters holidays, said children could be left isolated and lacking confidence as a result.
From BBC • May 7, 2023
Long nails denote caution, lacking confidence in human nature, decided in opinion and strictly virtuous.
From Cupology How to Be Entertaining by Clara
