shy person
Example Sentences
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By the late 1960s, "he wasn't in the faintest a shy person", Kasmin recalled.
From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026
"Praising myself, isn't me," Claire said, "I'm quite a shy person normally, and I do the display to remember all soldiers across the world."
From BBC • Nov. 10, 2023
He described himself as "a shy person" and credited the rise of his popularity in part to the political attacks he has faced.
From Reuters • Jan. 27, 2023
Ms. Schneider said he was a very shy person who refused to even go to the bank out of fear of interacting with the teller.
From Washington Times • Oct. 29, 2022
For the shy person, who is desperately anxious to bear a sympathetic part, is quite incapable of retort; and that is why such assaults are unpardonable, because they are the merest bullying.
From At Large by Benson, Arthur Christopher
