shy thing
Example Sentences
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And the serpent himself, a shy thing, appeared only at rare intervals, always at twilight.
From Time Magazine Archive
When Ob and me met you, honey, you was such a shy thing.
From "Missing May" by Cynthia Rylant
The brief statement had power to visualize the young creature as Angela had once seen her: pretty as the flower whose name she bore, a little shy thing with hungry, half-afraid eyes.
From The Shield of Silence by Loughridge, George
Her adopted child is a slip of a girl, slim and light, with the ways of a shy thing of the woods.
From Lotus Buds by Carmichael, Amy
Even if the shy thing had fluttered off at her approach, it had gone back again, and now watched her steadily as if to be ready to fly, yet not really frightened.
From Betty Leicester A Story For Girls by Jewett, Sarah Orne
