Sentence examples for timid manner from inspiring English sources

"He speaks such lovely English in a slightly timid manner with such a mellow Austrian intonation".

The greatest scamp had a Raphael face, with a profusion of blonde hair; Oakhurst, a gambler, had the melancholy air and intellectual abstraction of a Hamlet; the coolest and most courageous man was scarcely over five feet in height, with a soft voice and an embarrassed, timid manner.

With victory required, the first half was a turgid affair devoid of quality, Basel weaving shapes and patterns around a Liverpool team performing in a timid manner completely at odds with the importance of the game.

He was severely criticised for his timid manner and was controversially dropped for the following match as the selectors thought he was providing a poor example to the junior members of the team.

Her Virgo rising means she shows herself to the public in a soft, creative, timid manner and since she holds a Pisces moon - she may be extremely sensitive and reluctant.

Now that you have a rough idea of the group's interests and characteristics, try to make them aware of your presence in a self-assured, non-timid manner.

To rise above the ridiculousness of the material would have required figuring out how to make Jeanne into a heroine, and Ms. Swank has a timid, indecisive manner that shrinks the character.

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey: If Turkish prosecutors have their way, Hebun Akkaya, a timid 16-year-old with a hesitant manner, could spend seven years in jail for having joined a demonstration a year ago in Diyarbakir, the largest city in Turkey's predominantly Kurdish southeast.

She kept her eyes lowered, but her manner was anything but timid.

Nor timid.

He was timid, shy.