Sentence examples for to timid from inspiring English sources
adjective
Lacking in courage or confidence.
- John's a very timid person. I'll doubt he'll be brave enough to face his brother.
Advice to timid viewers: Let the staff handle the seating arrangements.
"Labour was too arrogant to listen and to timid to act.
Every teacher of Mansfield Park will know the student who so much prefers the harp-playing temptress to timid Fanny.
Portugal's economy returned to timid growth last year after a three-year recession and growth is now accelerating.
He rebounded well, but was a puny 12 for 30 from the floor, often resorting to timid putbacks and rushed tap-ins.
Murray, sadly, doesn't play the losing game as well as his predecessor, Tim Henman, a nonpareil with a name to fail for, close both to timid and a female chicken.
To be timid would be to take away from my game.
Instead, it has confined itself to a timid extension of "people-to-people" contacts with Cuba.
In London, audiences are too preoccupied with preening, noisy R'n'B bands to pay much attention to a timid French conjuror.
"Professionals tend traditionally to be timid and not willing to act collectively," said Michael Goodwin, president of the Office and Professional Employees International Union.
Over the weekend, a few analysts were jumping over one another to be the first to predict timid sales of the new iPad.
