Sentence examples for somewhat diffident from inspiring English sources

Mr. Lelyveld is also considered a somewhat diffident man, shy and guarded.

Huang is of medium height, with a receding chin, and seemed somewhat diffident.

Margaret seemed somewhat diffident and withdrawn; she was a long way from home and still adjusting to her new life as an author.

Still, Professor Kennedy said Mr. Obama had been "somewhat diffident" about issues that would be of special significance to African-Americans, like the disproportionate number of blacks in prison or urban poverty.

Sprung from the TV studio or the radio forum, he is revealed as a small and somewhat diffident man, much given to pipes and patterned waistcoats and supposed to be deeply in thrall to his younger (and taller) wife.

Cartwright herself was always somewhat diffident when asked to assess the lasting importance of her war work.

He's neat, casual, clearly driven, friendly yet slightly diffident.

In parliament, Rendel cut a slightly diffident figure.

Schwarzenegger himself has been fairly diffident of late.

Mr. Kerry has long had a reputation for being somewhat reserved or diffident, and, although few Democrats will say it on the record, Mr. Menino is widely considered to be thin-skinned and blunt.

It was somewhat surprising that Azerbaijan were diffident but it was really all about the verve and belief that is coursing through Northern Ireland these days.