Sentence examples for timid from from inspiring English sources

Instead, he looked timid from the outset of Saturday's spectacle, and will now be counted as another victim of Golovkin's powerful hands and perfect distance control.

But the apparent turnaround should not come as a surprise in light of Canada's response, which has been timid from the start.

The warranties on PS2s are long expired, but for years the little sticker on the back prevented the timid from opening up their own systems or turning them over to repair stores for fear of losing the ability to deal with Sony if they needed to ship the console off for repairs.

The Legislative Ethics Committee, which is supposed to monitor such dealings, is a group of timid legislators who shy from openly criticizing their colleagues.

Speaking in Iowa, Mr. Obama combined an attack on both parties in Washington for having gotten the United States into the war with the outline of an approach for getting out that immediately drew criticism from the left of his party for being too timid and from Republicans as being irresponsible.

They have received only timid support from the White House.

The only exceptions were a few timid signals from the American administration and the European Union.

The disgracefully timid report from the Competition & Markets Authority in the summer provided an excuse for inaction.

"In your midst, I am a timid emissary from the raffish and vulgar world of entertainment," Mr. Lithgow said, drawing laughs.

That conservative approach might be seen as a timid compromise from a company that has just begun to get back on solid financial footing.

He tries to free timid cooks from the terror of baking bread, for example, or shopping for fresh herbs when they don't know thyme from tarragon.