Sentence examples for make timid from inspiring English sources

Though hardly metadramatic in the style of his contemporary Pirandello, Robinson offers a fairly loving account of the transformative power of theatre, how it can change lives and make timid people believe in new possibilities.

McCarthy burst between Daley Blind and Paddy McNair who could only make timid challenges before converting coolly, Stones beat Antonio Valencia too easily in the air to fire in the second, and both Valencia and McNair switched off to allow Mirallas a free run at the exposed David De Gea for the third.

While yelling (ok, yodeling) in a public place may make timid users a little uneasy, the more you let go of your inhibitions and get into it, the more the system responds… just think of the helmet as a temporary disguise.

Meanwhile, her sister Jane Rosamund Pikee) makes timid eyes at a carroty chump named Bingley (Simon Woods), who has taken a house nearby.

BUSINESS DAY, PAGE C1 Making Timid Mice Daring Scientists working with mice have found that by removing a single gene they can turn normally cautious animals into daring ones.

As forensics expert Miller, Paul Ritter (Friday Night Dinner, The Game) is almost too quick-witted to follow, Alexandra Roach (Becky from Utopia) makes timid female detective DS Joy Freers likeable and DC Dinah Kowalska (Elaine Cassidy) is the ballsy, spontaneous colleague who's up for the same promotion.

She recovered one of two ways: either gruffly shouting "What?" which seems her time-honored way of making timid souls jump, or by continuing a thought she had left off previously, completing sentences with an acuity that would make a copy editor cheer.

Like most law enforcement agencies, CBP has made timid promises to address the problem, such as telling agents to avoid lethal force situations whenever possible, and not to shoot at rock-throwers unless there is no other recourse.

But the fog didn't make Oakeshott timid.

The Commission has begun to make some timid proposals to stimulate growth.

Business groups argued this would force companies to take out expensive insurance and would make managers timid.