coyness

Example Sentences

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Watts laughs and says no more, less out of coyness than serenity.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2025

Santos can sometimes sing with a coyness that feels impossibly dreamy, but Turizo, less bound by tradition, pushes hard into the beat, a restless interloper.

From New York Times • Jan. 6, 2023

I don’t make a habit out of interviewing people who won’t tell me their names and I did find the jokey coyness of my World Bollard Association interlocutor annoying.

From Washington Post • Oct. 9, 2022

Zappe’s coyness aside, things seemed to be trending in that direction as New England began preparing to host Detroit.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 5, 2022

He watched the expression of coyness on her face change to one of amazement as she counted the bills.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright