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But de Brouwer said the EU was "timid" about enforcing the law.

From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026

Lalas, never timid about a brash, attention-seeking rant, riles up TV audiences in a way that makes Stephen A. Smith resemble Mr. Rogers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026

Still the editor-in-chief of Runway, Miranda is working to smooth her edges to avoid causing a stir in an industry that no longer excuses mistreatment, even though her employees remain timid in her midst.

From Salon ● May 1, 2026

But it’s just this supposed difficulty that should ideally qualify him for all but the most timid of book clubs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026

‘Well—’ The boy’s voice was timid and sullen.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

The timider of the guilty pair drank unwarily, not knowing what was offered to him, and fell into a fit of coughing.

From VC — A Chronicle of Castle Barfield and of the Crimea by Murray, David Christie

At the top of the companion—ladder Melissa stood waiting for us, demure, but subdued, with a still timider look than ever upon that sweet, shrinking, small face of hers.

From Stories by English Authors: the Sea by Various

But anon, imbued With a sudden, bounding access Of passion, it relaxes All timider persuasion.

From Dreams and Days: Poems by Lathrop, George Parsons

She'd eat me," said the spider, "and, anyhow, the competition on the wall is dreadful, and the flies are getting wiser and timider every season.

From The Crock of Gold by Stephens, James

The proximity of the farm had had the effect of scaring antelopes and gazelles and the timider animals away from the neighbourhood.

From Settlers and Scouts by Strang, Herbert

With a great cry of the soul to that God it yearned and felt for through all the darkness and ruin which encompassed it, he laid his hand on hers with the timidest passing touch.

From Robert Elsmere by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

Not now could the timidest soul believe that Germany was fighting a war of defense.

From Raemaekers' Cartoon History of the War, Volume 1 The First Twelve Months of War by Raemaekers, Louis

The timidest one will turn and fight with every sign of fury.

From Outwitting Our Nerves A Primer of Psychotherapy by Jackson, Josephine A.

It is said that outside the field of battle he was one of the timidest of men, and even submitted quite tamely to the insolence of his own servants.

From Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 2 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)

My mean and abject spirit           Dost thou rebuke, O timidest of all,           Vanquish'd e'en by a woman, her who gave           For thee, her young fair husband, her own life!

From Story of Orestes A Condensation of the Trilogy by Moulton, Richard Green