timorousness

Example Sentences

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It’s not that her timorousness doesn’t make sense, given events, but she’s so relentlessly belittled, in both the writing and direction, that it’s hard to have any real sympathy for her.

From New York Times • Nov. 1, 2015

The first indication of this book’s spark lies in its account of his timorousness at leaving journalism behind.

From New York Times • May 11, 2011

The opening night in the metropolis of Bozeman, Mont., dauntless Adam coughed away timorousness, tapped his baton, swung into full-rounded and accurate melody.

From Time Magazine Archive

His timorousness had fled before the thought that there might yet be a chance, he knew not how, of preventing the information of the fall of Ticonderoga from being carried to Crown Point.

From Corporal 'Lige's Recruit A Story of Crown Point and Ticonderoga by Otis, James

An acknowledgment of our timorousness seemed to hearten us, and we worked the paddles in a more whole-souled fashion.

From Commodore Barney's Young Spies A Boy's Story of the Burning of the City of Washington by Otis, James