Sentence examples for timorous response from inspiring English sources

From the tardy and timorous response to the pensions mess to the drift and confusion which marked its handling of the firemen's strike, the government no longer looks sure-footed.

At times, the BBC seems not just responsible but timid, even timorous.

In July, 1879, in response to Egypt's mounting debt, the British seized the Khedive's assets and deposed Ismail, installing his timorous son Tawfiq as a puppet on the throne.

The timorous may stay at home.

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She seemed fixed in rosy and timorous youth.

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Many were brought back, more loyal and timorous than ever.

The female character in the story is described as "timorous".

"Timorous" means timid, but why not just say "timid"?

French writers were not as timorous.