timorously
Example Sentences
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“I came very late and timorously to the uses of power,” she wrote in her diary in 1968.
From New York Times • Mar. 16, 2021
We strut as a bully in the world but cower timorously at home.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 3, 2017
Sophie, I’ll venture somewhat timorously to say, ups her game a bit in her new screen incarnation.
From New York Times • Apr. 19, 2016
One night Fate scratched timorously at Ca-Reer Garson's dressing-room door.
From Time Magazine Archive
His pale-gray eyes flitted timorously from face to face, and turned quickly away again when he caught anyone’s eye.
From "1984" by George Orwell
