timidity
Example Sentences
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While five of 2025 highest grossers were animated, including “How to Train Your Dragon” and “Zootopia 2,” creative timidity and remakes limit the potential of American animation.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2026
But this is not the time for judicial timidity.
From Slate • Feb. 13, 2025
Fear, panic and timidity rule the day, as they generally do.
From New York Times • May 16, 2024
He spoke about a lack of intensity, desire and warned against timidity.
From BBC • May 10, 2024
Unburdened by a dairy cow's timidity and great bother of fat, she charged the soccer players as if seeking revenge in the name of oppressed cattle the world over.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
Vocabulary lists containing timidity
The Devil's Arithmetic
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"Growing Up Asian in America"
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