coyness

Example Sentences

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He wouldn’t call it coyness but rather a type of creativity.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 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

But the map itself isn’t coyness or frustration for its own sake.

From The Verge • Apr. 4, 2022

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

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam