timidity

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Even in the face of Hollywood’s timidity, some American independent animators have managed to push their offbeat visions through as features made with limited resources.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2026

More timidity to observe, more vulnerability in defence, more powder-puff stuff up front, more wide men running in ever decreasing circles.

From BBC • Oct. 23, 2025

But this is not the time for judicial timidity.

From Slate • Feb. 13, 2025

Holt became the team captain in the media’s game of feigned ignorance and real timidity.

From Salon • Jul. 21, 2024

The black men and women were mumbling quietly among themselves; they had not known one another before they had come here, but now their timidity and shame were wearing off and they were exchanging experiences.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright