lacking confidence
Example Sentences
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But they will head into the fixture at London Stadium short of momentum, lacking confidence and with unrest in the stands bubbling.
From BBC • Jan. 3, 2026
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
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
