Sentence examples for cautious and timid from inspiring English sources

Correction Appended Little fish are cautious and timid around big, hungry fish, and rightly so.

Little fish are cautious and timid around big, hungry fish, and rightly so.

"The Japanese media tend to be quite cautious and timid when it comes to sensitive subjects like sex, the royal family and right-wing groups," Mr. Fujita said.

Under King Salman and his son, Riyadh has turned away from its traditionally cautious and timid foreign policy toward a far more assertive, ambitious, hyper-nationalist and often impulsive preference for throwing Saudi weight around, as witnessed by the brutal war in Yemen and the blockade of Qatar.

If people who are born with a cautious nature have stressful experiences, they can become more cautious and timid.

Still, she came across as vocally cautious and dramatically timid.

I think he's extremely cautious, overly cautious and even timid.

"Don't be conservative and timid.

A shy dog tends to be uninterested in play, timid, cautious and evasive in unfamiliar situations.

Some cars veer left to head south; others veer right to head north; drivers brave, timid, cautious and reckless converge in a clamor of horns.

Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, was also cautious, describing the recovery as "fragile and timid".