Sentence examples for a few timid from inspiring English sources

President Clinton's government has taken a few timid steps to encourage more "people-to-people" contact.

"When they reached the barbed wire, they stopped to look, exchanging a few timid words..

The only exceptions were a few timid signals from the American administration and the European Union.

"When they reached the barbed wire, they stopped to look, exchanging a few timid words...

Thanks to the outcry on social media and the reactions of a few timid merchants, this issue should sell quite well.

I take a few timid steps to get closer to the mirror.

In his re-election bid, President Vladimir Putin refused to participate in any debates, make any policy statements, respond to his few timid detractors or explain his plans for Russia's future.

Seymour writes, the "few timid visits Fanny made to see Mary and [Claire] in London were acts of great courage; she got little thanks for them".

Agee created the myth that almost every critic since his day has drawn on — that the audience, collectively, was pure, and that Hollywood, except for a few people, was timid or corrupt.

Just as a few drinks may coax timid traders onto a dance floor, it could help them muster the courage to buy multimillion-dollar apartments.

Some looked frightened, but a few smiled, and called out timid greetings.