Sentence examples for it was timid from inspiring English sources

It was timid at first, but as more monks emerged to begin their protest, the clapping grew louder until the whole crowd seemed overcome by it.

It's timid and characterless.

Ostensibly recalling the relationship between a young boy and his alcoholic father, it's timid and convenient, and I think downplays the complexity of that situation.

This will take quite a while because it is timid, After the putting your hand in and it is no longer scared then you may reach over to stroke it if it doesn't like it get you hand out and keep doing it every know and then.

My speaker may have been great with her presentation intact, but without it she was timid and downright awful to the point where people were talking to each other over her.

You also gave the incorrect impression that the interest-rate rise was "timid", because it increased the overnight lending rate and not the overnight borrowing rate.

"I was timid about shooting it.

He was timid, shy.

I was timid intellectually.

It's a film that's destined to confound, divide and appal – but nobody could accuse it of being timid.

The European Commission has been turning a blind eye; it has been timid.