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
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
