coyness
Example Sentences
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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
He captures her coquettish coyness without caricaturing it.
From New York Times ● Sep. 30, 2021
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
