Sentence examples for timid to take from inspiring English sources

But like the Union general George McClellan, the Democrats have been too timid to take full advantage.

But giving in would be risky, too — especially for a president whom voters are starting to write off as a man too timid to take a stand.

Mr Prodi's government cut public borrowing and improved tax collection, but proved too timid to take on the vested interests that always resist change.

Many members of Congress have urged such action, but Mr. Obama, like President George W. Bush before him, has been too timid to take this step.

So Lurie — feeling that New York had become unsafe, and that his friends were too timid to take a stand on his behalf — decamped to Grenada for two weeks with a woman he'd originally met on MySpace.

Yet trade unionists, human-rights activists and harder-core Islamists all accuse the country's politicians of being too timid to take on the palace by tackling corruption or pressing for needed reforms.

In prison since November without having seen a judge, he was too timid to have taken part in an uprising, she said.

He describes many organizations around the country dedicated to fighting H.I.V./AIDS, including Gay Men's Health Crisis, as "AIDS Inc.," arguing that they have become stale and timid, content to take government money and not challenge the status quo.

There were multiple pleas for spectators to raise their hands during the bridge of "Dead End Love," and a timid request to take their picture (below right) after "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea".

To be timid would be to take away from my game.

This results in children who are fearful, timid, and reluctant to take part in activities, ones where practice is needed.