coyness

Example Sentences

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That coyness persists through the second half, with a series of suspended conversations and delayed reckonings that strain for honesty, only to bog down in the familiar language of art-house mannerism.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 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

In part that’s because you can hear all the calculation shaping Marcel’s stream, the coyness and practiced comedy of its ebb and flow, though mostly flow.

From New York Times • Jun. 23, 2022

She so startled me by her question that I forgot my usual coyness.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam