timid
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Sri Lanka, much improved in the field but far too timid with the bat, were bowled out for 176.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
Known for his gruff vocals, LaMontagne first came to the scene in the early aughts as a timid troubadour.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
The long story short is that we haven’t traveled very far thematically since Thomas Jefferson said that timid men prefer despotism — although that was around 250 years ago.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026
But de Brouwer said the EU was "timid" about enforcing the law.
From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026
A timid attempt to end Obinzes conversation with Ulrike.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
She'd eat me," said the spider, "and, anyhow, the competition on the wall is dreadful, and the flies are getting wiser and timider every season.
From The Crock of Gold by James Stephens
But anon, imbued With a sudden, bounding access Of passion, it relaxes All timider persuasion.
From Dreams and Days: Poems by George Parsons Lathrop
Often the little timider ones were called on to repeat the rhyme alone, without singing it, and then to sing it alone with the teacher.
From Education in The Home, The Kindergarten, and The Primary School by Elizabeth P. (Palmer) Peabody
The timider of the guilty pair drank unwarily, not knowing what was offered to him, and fell into a fit of coughing.
From VC — A Chronicle of Castle Barfield and of the Crimea by David Christie Murray
Clark!" said Potts, "you're getting timider and timider.
From Cord and Creese by James De Mille
When you are not the timidest, you are the bravest of creatures.
From A Journey to the Interior of the Earth by Jules Verne
Not now could the timidest soul believe that Germany was fighting a war of defense.
From Raemaekers' Cartoon History of the War, Volume 1 The First Twelve Months of War by Louis Raemaekers
Marion Jordan! the gentlest, timidest, most typical of young English girls!
From The Daughters of Danaus by Mona Caird
Their timidest member’s announcement stunned them all to silence––left them hushed and speechless––not for an hour or two, but for the days that followed as well.
From Once to Every Man by Anton Otto Fischer
As a rule, extreme vanity makes the timidest very bold in speaking.
From The Recollections of Alexis de Tocqueville by Alexis de Tocqueville
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