Sentence examples for diffident means from inspiring English sources
As a reader pointed out, "diffident" means timid or shy, certainly not what we wanted to say here.
The fact that Lynne's stage persona was always so diffident means that even at 70 he seems as animated as he ever was, self-contained but still capable of wringing out surprisingly fierce licks on his Gibson Les Paul.
The difficulty in fixing on a central character -- Afemo Omilami, as an N.A.A.C.P. "stoker" sent to Oxford to help organize protests, steals a hefty portion of the movie from the diffident Mr. Parker -- means that the town of Oxford becomes both hero and villain.
"All we need is this dirty broken bliss," he sings, by no means as diffident as his words pretend.
He has some verbal tics, saying "literally" when he means "figuratively," adding the diffident qualifier "sort of" in ways that drain punch from his sentences.
Boycott was 39 and brought too much baggage, Gooch had played 20 Tests without yet scoring a century which meant he was barely established as a fixture, Gower was thought callow and Willis too diffident.
Ayoade is similarly diffident.
Consumers, however, remain diffident.
He was painfully diffident.
