timidity
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Jamie Smith characterised England's timidity, playing not shot to be bowled by one Jamieson got to dart back.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
That linguistic timidity —our inability to name what’s happening — is itself a form of complicity, and the result of a combination of fear and fecklessness.
From Salon • Nov. 13, 2025
Jane, whose timidity is evident in the way she only reluctantly takes off her winter coat, behaves as though she’s been abducted by an overly solicitous kidnapper.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2025
But this is not the time for judicial timidity.
From Slate • Feb. 13, 2025
“Where are you taking me?” he asked in a voice soft with timidity and guilt, his gaze still averted.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
Vocabulary lists containing timidity
The Devil's Arithmetic
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"Growing Up Asian in America"
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