Sentence examples for a slightly timid from inspiring English sources

"He speaks such lovely English in a slightly timid manner with such a mellow Austrian intonation".

Braeburn is Mr. Bistrong's show, and so far he, along with John-Paul O'Neil, an alumnus of not only the Harrison but also Blue Hill, has been running it in a slightly timid, confused way.

When you cover your mouth with your hand as you laugh, it shows a sweet, cute, and slightly timid side of you.

Instead, I met two slightly timid men with a genuine passion for what they're doing.    .

There are lots of them here tonight, which perhaps accounts for Peñate's slightly timid demeanour.

The slightly timid girls would often go more in the direction of "cute" with one of those then-new VW Bugs or Jettas.

Picture two co-workers: While one is slightly timid about voicing opinions in meetings and spearheading projects, the other is clearly more ambitious, openly striving for a seat in the corner office someday.

Once you bring home your cat, it is perfectly normal if the cat's behavior is slightly timid and shy.

You buy because you are a somewhat timid creature.

It ranges from a still exotic avant-gardism of the 1910-30 period (his best known piece, "The Banshee," from the mid-20's, involved fingernails strumming piano strings) to slightly timid-sounding incorporations of non-Western rhythms and timbres and American folk strains into conventional classical forms.

So they are timid, and timidity encourages incrementalism like "inventing" a variant on slots, or a slightly turned-around version of bingo.