Sentence examples for timid to bring from inspiring English sources

Congressional Democrats were too timid to bring the issue up for a vote before the election and took a beating anyway.

But oh dear, oh dear – this timid attempt to bring in the "new politics" simply showed the old politics at its worst.

Too timid to play at knife-catching?

Speaking at a rally in central London on Monday night, Burnham said Labour had previously been too timid and repeated pledges to bring the railways into public ownership, scrap the charitable status for private schools and replace tuition fees with a graduate tax.

But Aaron, the boy with the boom-box voice, had to wait to bring forth his timid tenor.

Roasting is a good way to bring out the best in a timid pumpkin; it deals well with the wateriness.

A lot will depend on the banks they have the power to bring Mr Mallya down, but are timid about confronting India's tycoons.

Meanwhile, in a typical Wharton twist, Newland Archer's bride may be timid, but she is determined to marry her fiance and uses all the power of New York society to bring him to heel.

It was usually some timid, nerdy-sounding guy from, like, Brooklyn, saying he was having an orgy in his apartment and asking Robert to bring his camera.

All efforts to bring them into the fold of respectable society have failed, and the only ones to suffer from the continuing efforts to set them to work are the timid and the helpless.

Too timid to knock, he paced the streets outside.