Sentence examples for a timid manner from inspiring English sources
With victory required, the first half was a turgid affair devoid of quality, Basel weaving shapes and patterns around a Liverpool team performing in a timid manner completely at odds with the importance of the game.
"He speaks such lovely English in a slightly timid manner with such a mellow Austrian intonation".
The greatest scamp had a Raphael face, with a profusion of blonde hair; Oakhurst, a gambler, had the melancholy air and intellectual abstraction of a Hamlet; the coolest and most courageous man was scarcely over five feet in height, with a soft voice and an embarrassed, timid manner.
It's a timid way of running a business.
Her Virgo rising means she shows herself to the public in a soft, creative, timid manner and since she holds a Pisces moon - she may be extremely sensitive and reluctant.
To rise above the ridiculousness of the material would have required figuring out how to make Jeanne into a heroine, and Ms. Swank has a timid, indecisive manner that shrinks the character.
He was severely criticised for his timid manner and was controversially dropped for the following match as the selectors thought he was providing a poor example to the junior members of the team.
Now that you have a rough idea of the group's interests and characteristics, try to make them aware of your presence in a self-assured, non-timid manner.
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey: If Turkish prosecutors have their way, Hebun Akkaya, a timid 16-year-old with a hesitant manner, could spend seven years in jail for having joined a demonstration a year ago in Diyarbakir, the largest city in Turkey's predominantly Kurdish southeast.
