Sentence examples for timid action from inspiring English sources

Lessons from the last big credit crunch, which came after Russia's financial meltdown in August 1998, show that timid action has little effect, while a quick and decisive follow-up move can make a major difference.

British historians have echoed Napoleon's criticism, judging that Centurion was at Linois's mercy and that he had failed to destroy her, in words of William Laird Clowes, because of his "half-hearted and timid action... [that] cannot but provoke censure.

The vice president picked up where Mr. Bush left off a day earlier, when the president told listeners in Portsmouth, N.H., "The challenges we face today cannot be met with timid actions or bitter words".

So count on it: With a president too often bold in words but timid in action facing a Congress more Republican and obstructionist than ever, little will get done to fix inequality.

Analysts said the move to bolster growth in the world's fourth-largest economy looked timid compared with action taken by the Federal Reserve and Japan in cutting rates almost to zero last week.

Excerpt: Many in the South [in early 1862] shared McClellan's opinion of Lee as "cautious & weak under grave responsibility … wanting in moral firmness when pressed by heavy responsibility … likely to be timid & irresolute in action".

And perhaps because they serve only part time, they have grown timid in taking forceful actions.

Before the arrival of a small French-led military force this month, international action has been timid.

"Justin Quayle, then, is an allegorical figure, an emblem of timid virtue roused to heroic action by the discovery of his own complicity with evil".

Not only are they without a league win in six attempts, but they have not scored in eight hours and 46 minutes of Premier League action after another timid display in front of the opposition goal.

When it comes to economic policy, at least, the Obama White House would appear to be the exact opposite: A lot of process, a few timid decisions, and almost no action.