Sentence examples for retiring nature from inspiring English sources

Perhaps we have let our retiring nature get the better of us, and should learn to assert ourselves more.

Of a retiring nature, van Nijlen, a high official with the Ministry of Justice in Brussels, usually published his verse in limited editions.

Fashion editors staged photo shoots at Dawnridge, the shoestring-baroque estate in Beverly Hills where Mr. Duquette lived with his wife, Elizabeth, a fellow artist whose shy, retiring nature and lack of fortune failed to impress Lady Mendl, the legendary decorator.

The difficult habitat and retiring nature of the invisible rail mean that information on its lifestyle is sparse, and there are few confirmed sightings.

A number of songs written by Mendelssohn's sister Fanny originally appeared under her brother's name; this may have been partly due to the prejudice of the family, and partly to her own retiring nature.

He was a handsome fellow, could be good company, despite a retiring nature, and was always keen to learn.

It lives in holes or crevices along the rocky bottom and is secretive and retiring by nature.

Though retiring in nature and occasionally vacillating, Ferdinand showed considerable interest in Romanian military affairs and commanded the army during the Second Balkan War (1913).

Shy and retiring by nature, Eliza Johnson usually remained in Greeneville during Johnson's political rise.

Furtive, retiring, and watchful by nature, this species' presence may be first revealed by its hollow, wooden call: ka-ka-ka-ka- kow-kow-kow-kow-kowlp-kowlp-kowlp.

But never a great orator, and by nature a retiring man, much of his work at Westminster was completed in the committee rooms, away from the limelight.