Sentence examples for timid thing from inspiring English sources

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"For a long time I was such a shy, timid thing.

Musical theatre has been a timid thing over the past 20 years.

Hanger steak seemed decent value at £14, until it arrived, a weeny, timid thing, sliced tagliata-style to hide more of the plate.

His grandmother favored his brother, Todd, who she'd met before & thought that Todd should have been named after his grandfather rather than the writer who she thought a timid thing.

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Most people have a vague idea of what they look like: fully monstrous online, safe behind their computer screens, spraying bile and resentment in all directions, but cringing, timid things in real life.

Foster Sidney recalls, "He knew I had these aspirations, but he said, 'One actor in the family.' I, timid little thing, said, 'Yes, dear.' " Their marriage was contentious, with Sidney resenting Foster Sidney's "bourgeois" background; they separated, and had no children, but did not divorce until 1977.

Consequently, "the savage" was feeble, glabrous, passionless, and, compared to Europeans, was sexually less potent, less sensitive, and more timid, among other things ([N]: 58).

Its addictive corn chips keep coming; its salsa is the real thing, not a timid Americanized version; peppy Mexican music and the smell of cooking onions fill the air and the pitchers of fruity, red sangria can fill eight glasses.

Stewart was able to pull things into focus, saying that the Administration's way of doing things "has felt timid at times," and Obama responded that there was nothing timid or "inconsequential" about getting thirty million people on the insurance rolls.

E-mail address GO SIGN UP Share Tweet Stewart was able to pull things into focus, saying that the Administration's way of doing things "has felt timid at times," and Obama responded that there was nothing timid or "inconsequential" about getting thirty million people on the insurance rolls.

Things took a timid step toward transgression when I turned out the light so that no one would see me watching.

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