Sentence examples for much shy from inspiring English sources

"Shy," everyone says, and almost as often the reference comes with "not so much shy as introverted".

A man not so much shy of attention as peevish about privacy, he hated being talked about, and when he had to talk about himself he was sometimes disingenuous.

2005 Barolo, Italy, £15.49; Tesco Finest It's not easy to find decent Barolo for much shy of 30 quid, but this wine from Cantine Ascheri is a very good stab.

I was much shyer in those days.

One was much shyer and dependent on the more outgoing one, like you say.

They are much shyer than the Gambel's quail but still are visible on the side of the road.

"The times he felt you had been wronged creatively," says Mr. Goldberg, "he was a bear". The much shyer Mr. Price hired subordinates to handle such tasks.

The others are like the women I work with at the centre who have recently arrived from Bangladesh or Pakistan and are much shyer.

While he insisted the bride price would stay — "our people always insist that a girl be a virgin" — he noted that Kalaidzhi women "were much shyer" when he married some 50 years ago.

I'm a much shyer person without a camera in my hand.

Cub scout leader Ingrid Loyau-Kennett said she also spoke to Mr Adebowale at the scene of the attack and described him as "much shier" [than Mr Adebolajo].