Sentence examples for growing shy from inspiring English sources

Afghan, United Nations and U.S. officials have said the election will go on as planned, amid heavy security, but it was unclear how many Afghans were growing shy of casting their ballots given Taliban threats to directly target anyone who participates.

Asked if there was anything they'd taught the staff at the clinic, the two women grew shy.

(The neighbours, too, have grown shy of the noose, resulting in crowded death rows: 357 await execution in Sri Lanka, 400 in Bangladesh and some 8,000 in Pakistan).

But Latin America's dependence on raw-materials exports and inflows of foreign capital makes it more vulnerable than many Asian countries when the world economy slows or investors grow shy of risk.

Most of them have grown shy.

One grew "shy," she said, and another moved away.

They saw my youthful friends grow shy and cold.

The Leo woman will grow shy as realizes her likings for his affection.

They seemed to grow shyer.

But as they watch their economies nosedive, what many European Union countries cannot comprehend is why the German government is so averse to temporarily running large deficits, and as the pressures rise they are growing less shy about airing their grievances.

Ahmed led me to the house, his demeanor growing suddenly shy as we passed through the front door and into a small living room.