Sentence examples similar to we are diffident from inspiring English sources
Since about twice as many Americans consistently describe ourselves as conservative than we do liberal it is slightly indecipherable that so many conservatives are diffident about Lessig's proposition.
Both are diffident, cool personalities.
The earlier stories are diffident in their depictions.
They are diffident when pretending to be who they really are and magnificent when uttering Anouilh's lines.
Some authors are diffident about their thesis, burying it in a blizzard of qualifications and footnotes.
His sentences are diffident and fractured, often tumbling away to nothingness.
Better experts "look like foxes: thinkers who know many small things," "are skeptical of grand schemes" and are "diffident about their own forecasting prowess".
They are diffident, and iffy, and fleeting- just like success itself.
We are clearly diffident about what we want to happen in Syria.
We are so diffident about reproduction – but especially when it goes wrong.
