Sentence examples for remaining timid from inspiring English sources

But in the United States, too, healthy banks are reluctant to take government money, and the Bush administration has stayed true to the American resistance to state control, remaining timid about intervening in the business of banks.

Yet bosses remain timid.

A closely watched measure that excludes volatile transportation orders and military goods fell 2.9 percent, suggesting that businesses remained timid about spending.

Although the Federal Reserve has cut interest rates more than a percentage point since Jan . 1 many investors remain timid because they are not convinced earnings will improve anytime soon.

Even though ecommerce sales rose by double digit increases, consumer confidence remained timid.

These were ladies that I knew well and often times would remain shy and timid during past workshops and events.

Video: Stock Investors Remain Timid.

That so many adults remain too timid to try trips to New York is not surprising.

"My sexuality... was something about which part of me remained uneasy, timid and melancholy...

"But their measures remain too timid, with many quotas still set above the recommended levels.

Potential husbands, meanwhile, were less traditionalist: only one in five young men said he wanted his future wife to stay in the home.Feminism has remained a timid force in Japan.