Sentence examples for out of timidity from inspiring English sources

Out of timidity, Henry thought, but when he saw the performance he realized that he had been wrong.

Mr Bernanke took his time building consensus not out of timidity but a desire to get the policy right.

People undercook pastry out of incompetence, overcook hamburgers out of timidity, order well done steaks out of childishness.

If they say nothing, they will be seen to abandon one of their own out of timidity and compliance … It is not easy to be a bishop".

Out of timidity or reticence, television shows about combat used to stick to wars that could be explored at a safe remove; even "M*A*S*H" was set in Korea, not Vietnam.

"I believe that if DOJ and our banking regulatory agencies prove unwilling over time to take the big banks to trial or even require admission of guilt when they cheat consumers and break the law -- either out of timidity or because of a lack of resources -- then the agencies lose enormous leverage in settlement negotiations".

At that moment cricket was turned upside down and India's talent finally began to win out over perceptions of timidity.

This morning he hit out against a culture of timidity in Britain, saying: "In Britain no one wants to take any risks, and good architecture often comes out of risk.

In a landmark book called "The Great Apes," published in 1929, he said their sullenness, moroseness, or hostility, may turn out to be a mixture of timidity and self-protection.

That gave rise to a portrayal that has stuck, popularized by Republicans, pundits and some Democrats: that the president, out of political timidity, snubbed his own panel's plan.

John Gielgud directed Twelfth Night and wrote, "... perhaps I will still make a good thing of that divine play, especially if he will let me pull her little ladyship (who is brainier than he but not a born actress) out of her timidity and safeness.