Sentence examples for shy of making from inspiring English sources

But he has been shy of making commitments.

San Andreas alone fell just shy of making half a billion at the box office.

In fact she's laid-back, unassuming and shy of making grand pronouncements.

A Michigan graduate, he was crushed after he fell one spot shy of making the 2008 Olympic team.

But they were wary both of China and of their own stuffy bureaucrats, and were shy of making a tilt to the West too explicit.

Even if IREM's workers were undercutting their British rivals (officials from Unite, Britain's biggest union, are shy of making the accusation directly), it would not necessarily be illegal.

I'd felt very hidden and shy, nervous of making decisions, but Jane just put it out there from the start – right from the rehearsals period.

As a result, Asiatic cheetahs have become extremely shy of humans, making them even more difficult for scientists to count.

Paula was nice about it, assuring me that people probably just felt shy about the idea of making a new friend.

The synths whirr like five-alarm fire sirens, but the single's marching-band drums are the real show-stopper, capable of making even the shyest of fans engage in some reckless living room daggering.

MTV isn't too shy to make stupid comments of its own, though: "These games allow people to discover and fall in love with music in a more impactful way".