Sentence examples for initially shy from inspiring English sources

On her first evening in Lyme, Anne gets him for company and finds that, though initially "shy", he has plenty to say, notably about his "taste in reading".

Tall and gray-haired with his long, red clerk's apron dangling past his knees, Vogelsang was initially shy about customer service.

Some were initially shy about seeking interviews.

Dunham approached the boy, who was initially shy and uncomfortable.

In person, he seems initially shy and speaks in a soft monotone.

I was initially shy about leaving California but am so glad I took the leap to Boston!

Arthur, a new engineer at an internet start-up, initially shied away from introducing himself to his busy coworkers in his first week on the job.

Unlike Farage's provisional wing, the official wing of the leave campaign initially shied away from pandering to xenophobia and using anti-immigration rhetoric to galvanise support.

Asked if the United States was embarking on full-blown "nation building" here, a term the administration initially shied away from, a senior State Department official said: "We are into supporting this state and we are into supporting this particular government.

Mr. Obama's words on Iran, on the other hand, were among the strongest he has ever voiced in encouraging a street revolt, something his administration initially shied away from doing in June 2009, after a disputed presidential election provoked an uprising that was crushed by the government.

With Afghanistan long racked by ethnic tensions, the Bush administration initially shied away from cooperating too directly with the Northern Alliance, which is dominated by Uzbeks and Tajiks, for fear of alienating the Pashtuns in the south and Pakistan, which has long been at odds with the resistance group.