Sentence examples for the timorous from inspiring English sources

The timorous may stay at home.

The timorous might think twice before embarking.

But don't tell that to the timorous politicians of Washington.

Despite the heavy rhetoric and the televised sight and sound, the timorous mission has not changed.

The famous English eccentricity is not a legend, like the timorous conservatism of the French.

Dole should reject the timorous advice to distance himself from the Clinton gamble, with its promise of carping rights later.

It is a big decision, and too perilous for the average timorous parliamentarian, given the high hurdle presented by the British electoral system.

As is so often the case, even the most timorous peek shows that there is plenty of innovation out there, if only we have eyes to see.

Then, suddenly, the supposedly timorous Northern Alliance attacked the Taliban north of Kabul and kept right on rolling.

A secret ballot, the argument goes, would allow the more timorous MPs to vote against a Speaker without fear of revenge.

As for the few score Italian and Spanish peacekeepers in Herat, they are among the most timorous members of a too-feeble NATO force though the recent deployment of Canadian and British troops to southern Afghanistan promises improvement there.