timidly

Example Sentences

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Why did this team play so predictably and timidly?

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 12, 2026

Some of the candidates raised their green flags timidly.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2025

Softly at first then louder, as if to encourage those who joined in timidly, the nuns broke into Ave Maria.

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2025

“Some dare not take responsibility, wait timidly for orders from above, and don’t move without being pushed.”

From Seattle Times • Apr. 21, 2024

She comes slinking timidly down the hall and I walk away from Armelio without a word to go up to her.

From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini