Among his doubters, Abbas is considered timid, indecisive, and incapable of extracting anything from the Israelis.
His new best friend, Marcus Burns, however, opens his eyes to new possibilities, and afraid of being considered timid and provincial, Joe begins to consider changing his life.
Xie and Zhao [18] developed a CA model that considered timid and aggressive driving behaviours.
On issue after issue, from corporate governance and accounting oversight to the agency's own budget, Mr. Pitt's response has been to try to head off the broadest and boldest proposals by coming out with narrower, and what critics -- including institutional investors, consumer groups and some Democrats -- consider timid, alternatives.
Margaret Helfand, the 2001 president of the American Institute of Architects, considered the designs too timid, saying they bore only a fragile connection to the rest of the site, the neighborhood and city.
But not to regret the word "heart," that June so far away, teeth like hard pearls in a clumsy kiss, the timid hand, the considered modesty.
Still, Mr. Sarkozy is a tough politician who speaks fluently to the nation and whose platform of change remains popular, even if he is considered to have been too timid.
If they have never considered something romantically with you or if they are naturally a timid person, your forward request might catch them off-guard and scare them off.
Despite its sometimes touching moments, he considered Departures "interesting mainly as an index of the Academy's hopelessly timid and conventional tastes".
And some say the Senate, where the slow pace and partisan maneuvering over confirmations has kept high-level offices vacant for extended stretches, is being too timid and should consider more far-reaching changes for all presidential appointees.
The Journal, in an editorial, described Romney's 59-point jobs plan, which proposes modest tax cuts and a reduction in federal government regulations, as "surprisingly timid and tactical considering our economic predicament", and lambasted him for proposing a trade war with China.
