Sentence examples for Timid action from inspiring English sources

This calculus often leads to timid action or to inaction.

Executives never reach the pinnacle of their industry by consistently taking timid action.

Stimulating activity in one of those clusters elicits a timid action such as freezing in place or hiding out.

Lessons from the last big credit crunch, which came after Russia's financial meltdown in August 1998, show that timid action has little effect, while a quick and decisive follow-up move can make a major difference.

British historians have echoed Napoleon's criticism, judging that Centurion was at Linois's mercy and that he had failed to destroy her, in words of William Laird Clowes, because of his "half-hearted and timid action... [that] cannot but provoke censure.

The vice president picked up where Mr. Bush left off a day earlier, when the president told listeners in Portsmouth, N.H., "The challenges we face today cannot be met with timid actions or bitter words".

His seeming willingness to say whatever crosses his mind, no matter how impolitic, has cast him as an "authentic" contrast to the more measured - perhaps timid - actions of his competitors.

So count on it: With a president too often bold in words but timid in action facing a Congress more Republican and obstructionist than ever, little will get done to fix inequality.

The answer is that Trump's ego seems to take precedence over the country's defense — and congressional Republicans are too timid to force action.

Analysts said the move to bolster growth in the world's fourth-largest economy looked timid compared with action taken by the Federal Reserve and Japan in cutting rates almost to zero last week.

Humans have an immense amount of potential, but unfortunately, we're sometimes too timid to take action and are controlled by innate fears.