Sentence examples for timid it from inspiring English sources

This challenge, which could have been milked for farce, is another missed comic opportunity in a movie so timid it seems afraid of its own shadow.

Wherever America seems absent or timid, it creates an unwelcome vacuum.

If the job is not for the timid, it is certainly not for the claustrophobic either.

Wild or timid, it is certainly the sort of speculation that provides one with enough to worry about for hours.

So timid it sounded like it was apologising for bothering you ("Oh, I never meant to cause you trouble"), its wan balladry was enough to make you wonder how rock music became so beige.

The movie is so timid it's like someone who flinches when you extend a hand to shake.

In fact, however, it's too timid when it comes to subjective advice.

I was too self-conscious to enjoy it, though, too timid, and it stymied me that I couldn't speak the language.

It makes the Democrats look timid, but it doesn't make them wrong.

The debate reflected the state of the Republican Party: at once recklessly insinuating and utterly timid when it comes to extremism in its own ranks.

The exchange was of a piece with the rest of the debate and with the state of the Republican Party: fervid, claustrophobic, recklessly insinuating, and, at the same time, utterly timid when it comes to extremism in its own ranks.