Sentence examples for a timid start from inspiring English sources

The report will reinforce economists' forecasts that after a timid start to the year, Britain's economic recovery accelerated in the second quarter.

Claudio Bravo smothered a cutback from Bale immediately after the applause but that was almost the first time Madrid had left their half after a timid start.

West Ham gave United a serious scare at Old Trafford in September once they recovered from a timid start, and they should be more fearsome at home.

It seems that a timid start has been going on for a few years now but it still lacks some generalities.

By then, on Monday night, it felt like we'd come a long way from the week's timid start.

Storrie – a taciturn type, though thoughtful rather than timid – started playing tennis when he was eight.

Her younger sister, Anna, starts out a timid ingénue but becomes a brash activist.

Yet, Reggie started off as a timid fighter.

But her now deadly (yet still maternal) character started out as a timid child bending to the whims of her overbearing brother before growing into a military maven.

A timid Blair has dominated the first term.

At the start of the book, Malala was a timid, ordinary girl.