Sentence examples for was rather timid from inspiring English sources

Turner should be counted among the "progressive historians," though, with the political temperament of a small-town Midwesterner, his progressivism was rather timid.

Donald Trump gave a speech that was rather timid for him (he even read it off a TelePrompTer), but it so outraged some in the audience that AIPAC later had to apologize for even inviting him.

Meanwhile, Ricky Gervais was rather timid, getting in some fun digs at the HFPA and Kim Kardashian in his monologue, but largely avoiding the low hanging fruit: no Charlie Sheen, no Tom Cruise, hardly any divorce jokes outside of one mention in his monologue.

In the conclusion of my 2003 book on this subject I was rather timid and suggested that the "old-fashioned terminology of passions and affections" was unlikely to "find favour in future psychological theories" (Dixon, 2003, p. 245).

Rock stars and circus performers aside, male forays into makeup have often been rather timid.

"The pace and the trajectory of change at the moment are rather timid".

Kabul has officially approved this approach, but some in Bamiyan feel its support is rather timid, for ethnic reasons.

Abe has talked a lot about implementing such reforms, but has so far been rather timid in what he has proposed and pursued.

Adders are not usually aggressive, tending to be rather timid and biting only when cornered or alarmed.

In consequence, for fear of precipitating AKI, one might be rather timid in increasing doses of vasopressors once the targeted MAP of 65 mmHg is attained.

Try to recognize your child's attempts to be social, even if they are rather timid and short-lived at first.