timidity
Example Sentences
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More timidity to observe, more vulnerability in defence, more powder-puff stuff up front, more wide men running in ever decreasing circles.
From BBC • Oct. 23, 2025
But this is not the time for judicial timidity.
From Slate • Feb. 13, 2025
Fear, panic and timidity rule the day, as they generally do.
From New York Times • May 16, 2024
Over the years, I’ve also decried journalistic timidity.
From Salon • Nov. 9, 2023
During the daylight hours, they dove into the surf with abandon, emerging tanned and sure-footed, as if they were selkies who had let their timidity float out on the tide like a false skin.
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.