Sentence examples for were timid about from inspiring English sources

The Depression was not, it appears, a time when people were timid about giving voice to their opinions.

At first we were timid about asking each other things like, "Hey, has your cycle stopped yet?" But nothing was off limits after that.

And he points out that while movies were timid about race relations and widespread American segregation, President Truman integrated the armed forces in 1948, a year after the Brooklyn Dodgers introduced the first black Major League baseball player, Jackie Robinson.

I won't be timid about it.

"I was timid about shooting it.

Mr Modi has so far been timid about privatisations.

He said the mayor has not been timid about crime.

Women still tend to be timid about negotiating salaries and raises.

"Most people who like my work are timid about their own sense of art.

Too many doctors have been timid about promoting the shots, experts say.

Lottie is timid about mentioning her delicate health, which is strained by all the running about they do.