Sentence examples for at a timid from inspiring English sources

Since the fall of Saddam, decisions have been made at a timid snail's pace though with a new overlay of transparency.

The Blues could extend that lead if they win their game in hand at Stoke on Monday and United will look back at a timid first-half display as costly.

A drink called the Pub seemed — in theory, anyway — to symbolize the new aesthetic: billed as a mixture of beer, ginger ale, triple sec and lime juice, and available in a pint glass or manly pitcher, it arrived at the table as a timid pink crossbreed, with a flavor somewhere between cupcake frosting and Bud Light.

Esther Malkah, his maternal grandmother, was at once a timid and fiercely protective woman.

John Daszac's Grimes, at first a timid giant, grew into a baleful figure, full of an awful frustration - at himself and life - quite terrible to witness.

I'm at heart a timid and law-abiding wimp, and now I have a house of my own, I am a solid member of the bourgeoisie.

At the finale — a timid commercial gesture passing as psychological atonement — Manny's ghost materializes to shed light on his behavior.

At first, he was a timid Galileo.

1 hour 29 minutes; not rated The first-person slasher "Maniac" will be hell for anyone who has ever feared murder at the hands of a timid mannequin restorer.

I cast a timid glance at Father, who sat there woodenly smoking one of his cheap cigarettes, just as he did every day.

If the choice of Varone for "The Rite of Spring" did not work out, at least it wasn't a timid choice.