Sentence examples for because of diffidence from inspiring English sources

Partly because of diffidence about its hereditary members, the current House of Lords rarely exercises its full powers.

This legendary shyness is probably a mixture of diffidence, indifference, and perhaps disillusion.

Ben Harper and his band, the Innocent Criminals, are a paradoxical blend of diffidence and arena dynamics.

President Obama, whether out of diffidence or inexperience, has not shown a comparable audacity or mastery of political leverage.

I was full of diffidence and trepidation, but then it proved to be a wonderful showcase and a terrific form.

Then Masters – played here with just the right air of diffidence by Will Adamsdale – decided to write Shorter's biography.

"A combination of diffidence and enthusiasm allows him to write of our past... with energy and clarity".

David was an inclusive director on set, sometimes polite to the point of diffidence, but no pushover.

He is a decent, well-intentioned man, but his whole style is one of diffidence and extreme caution.

But, with the sort of diffidence Emily herself always advocated, Claridge only hints at the possibility that other, more intimate forms of incompatibility were at work.

Don't ask Martin, who has transformed the English art of diffidence into a masochistic religion: "We owe them a career, really," he has said of Radiohead.