Sentence examples for exceedingly shy from inspiring English sources

Mr. Sharp, hard-nosed yet exceedingly shy, is careful not to take credit.

Pham, who was a stocky five feet seven, had a warm smile but was exceedingly shy.

The Mississippi State football team doesn't seem exceedingly shy to the notion of being pioneers for the school.

Unlike the exceedingly shy Mr. Rouse, who disdains the press, Mr. Daley will be a face of the administration, serving as a "public surrogate" for Mr. Obama in meetings and on television, said David Axelrod, the president's senior adviser.

Bailey was an exceedingly shy youth, but after a couple years in Cambridge his reluctance to address young women vanished.

Trust me, we are exceedingly shy.

He is shy, exceedingly soft-spoken and utterly free of the pomp that often goes along with the curatorial arts.

Roland Lewis is a mild, slightly shy and exceedingly gracious man with the affability and sartorial leanings of one's favorite high-school science teacher.

Exceedingly polite and a little shy, he kept calling a reporter "sir" in an interview.

Although some people considered her formidable, to those who were close to her she was a shy, modest, often exceedingly kind and generous person.

Exceedingly rare among baby boomer journalists and public intellectuals, Talbot does not shy away from pointing to the uncomfortable facts surrounding Allen Dulles's life's work.