Sentence examples for overly shy from inspiring English sources

I'm overly shy, so it was kind of unnerving".

Context the broader context of those times is also why we look at these things with skeptical eyes, which may lead one to be overly shy about expressing the unabashed love Anderson and her fellow performers deserve.

Context — the broader context of those times — is also why we look at these things with skeptical eyes, which may lead one to be overly shy about expressing the unabashed love Anderson and her fellow performers deserve.

That's both sad and kind of ridiculous (just take up something really fucking cool, like amateur magic or judo, then no one will take the piss – duh) and made us wonder which foiled Godunovs or overly shy Nigel Kennedys the world has been denied because of idiotic school bullies.

Many overly shy dogs have experienced abuse.

Don't be overly shy, as this is not attractive.

Ask, without being overly confident, but not too shy either.

The reluctance of non-Jews to use the "harsh" word is well intentioned, but such overly sensitive shying-away from the J-noun draws a sardonic smile from some Jews.

He was barely walking when Giggs was emerging as a shy, overly protected youth in Manchester.

… Trump has never been overly cautious or shy about denouncing or naming those who carry out terror attacks, often using passionate, angry language to make his point.

Not surprisingly, people over the years tended to focus on her physical attributes — as Truman Capote put it, "the face, with those lilac eyes, is a prisoner's dream, a secretary's self-fantasy: unreal, nonobtainable, at the same time shy, overly vulnerable, very human".