Sentence examples for at first shy from inspiring English sources
At first shy and lonely, Georgiana discovers that she is loved by the people and by high society alike; she blossoms and makes her husband look a dullard.
His visitors, he notes, were often nervous at first — shy in the face of death — but soon, because of Buchwald's irrepressible personality, found themselves lightening up.
"Together we chanted, at first shy, and soon — via her encouragement — communal, in no time drumming on our thighs, rejoicing in the silliness of the sounds and the power of naming.
Because obviously lots of different organizations at first shy away from the nature of people coming in for a month and helping out, but as we are more stable with groups regularly coming, there's a big opportunity for us to leave massive impacts.
The sun, at first shy, finally broke free from the horizon and glowed.
Everyone had a chance to play, including girls, at first shy and hesitant about a "a rough boys' game", but who ended up being the best players.
He at first shied away from co-ordinating the Gaza pullout with Israel because it was not part of an overall peace deal, so the first discussions have only just been held; Israel, says one official, is waiting for the PA to appoint its representatives to a set of joint working groups.
AT first, Kathy Solorzana, a shy girl who aspires to be a nun, had trouble finding the right buttons to push on the computer.
She is at first watchful, shy, and looks so diminutive in her sports gear that she could be mistaken for a woman of delicate build.
I was just a quiet kid at first – very shy, very jumpy – and I can't remember exactly why that turned into just not talking any more.
Contrary to the image he promoted of himself as a born revolutionary and bon vivant, he was, we find out, at first a shy, conservative painter of bourgeois temperament, without any firm political beliefs, who unquestioningly accepted a grant to study abroad from the pre-revolutionary Mexican Government even though his patron in the Government was actively involved in the slave trade.
