lacking confidence
Example Sentences
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The 30-year-old artist from Idaho found herself lacking confidence and routinely deferring to her older partner, a dynamic she attributed in part to a disparity in life experience.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 9, 2025
Salah seems to be lacking confidence when it comes to taking on defenders.
From BBC • Oct. 21, 2025
It was difficult to see Spence that way: depleted, beaten, lacking confidence.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 30, 2023
Investors seem to be lacking confidence that the central bank can walk the line of reining in inflation without triggering a recession.
From Washington Post • May 9, 2022
He worked slowly and never seemed satisfied with what he did, as if lacking confidence in his ability.
From Mary Louise Solves a Mystery by Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank)
