Sentence examples for were timid to from inspiring English sources

Transparency is emerging as a trend, but the drab colors were a downer, and the straight-cut shapes of the nylon were timid to a fault.

("After all the chest-thumping, and commitment of America to avenge what happened and to capture Osama bin Laden, we were timid — to say the least — at Tora Bora, and in our response," Kerry told me).

A lot of guys come back from surgery and they'll be timid to throw certain pitches, but he never showed any of that.

Do not be timid to ask for it.

The girl is timid at first, clutching to her father's leg.

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

There have even been timid steps to let some of the air out of Duke basketball.

As a rule, the bald eagle is a poor choice for public shows, being timid, prone to becoming highly stressed, and unpredictable in nature.

To be timid would be to take away from my game.

"Professionals tend traditionally to be timid and not willing to act collectively," said Michael Goodwin, president of the Office and Professional Employees International Union.

Gamble is timid, gullible, irresistible to gorgeous women and yet oblivious to their interest.