Sentence examples for overly timid from inspiring English sources

But that turned out to be an overly timid solution.

Whether that would make them overly timid in how they manage the bank's operations by avoiding any risk of failure is one plausible response.

Pan-roasted swordfish, however, seemed like a beached whale, surrounded by an overly timid lemon grass and cilantro nage, baby squid rings and melted Napa cabbage.

It's a gently heretical redo, characterized by a script that falters only in the clinch, some agile if overly timid direction and a strong cast led by a superb Amy Adams.

It's salutary to remember, too, that two of them were responsible for the design of the Hayward Gallery while working at the Greater London Council's architecture department, a project that would have looked very different if their vision of a transparent skin had not been overruled by their overly timid boss.

Foster had another suggestion for the Justice Department, in addition to pursuing the alleged cover-up: Cut out overly timid prosecutors entirely.

The last thing you want is someone who is easily led, someone who is overly confident in their own abilities or too timid to do a thing.

That sounds too timid.

That's too timid.

The revisions are too timid.

His vision is too timid.