Sentence examples for are shy of from inspiring English sources

In the book she says publishers are shy of short stories, "like people are shy of three-legged puppies".

The Americans, scarred by their close association with policies that have failed, are shy of grandiose, superficial ideas.

Some leagues have been on cable and network television in America, but advertisers are shy of real blood.

But that is almost certainly conservative most big companies are shy of revealing the details of their marketing budget.

Opinion polls show Fatah well ahead, but pollsters reckon many Hamas sympathisers are shy of identifying themselves.

West European governments (though not East European ones) are shy of asking, even in censuses, about ethnic origins.

"I'm shy of the camera".

But don't be shy of asking people their views.

But he has been shy of making commitments.

Not that he's shy of big events.

"People were shy of upsetting the record companies," he says.