How to Use timid in a Sentence

timid

adjective

• He gave her a timid smile.
• She's very timid and shy when meeting strangers.
• Bruce Pearl is many things, but timid is not one of them.
  — Tom Green | [e-mail], al, 9 Nov. 2021
• In 2018, a Supreme Court case pushed the timid frog into the spotlight.
  — Tate Watkins, National Review, 29 Oct. 2021
• At that point, Deacon was a timid kid in a Dodgers jersey.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 7 Jan. 2024
• The Gators, coming off a one-week layoff, looked timid from the opening tip.
  — Mark Long, orlandosentinel.com, 30 Jan. 2022
• Those aren’t excuses for Williams to remain timid the rest of the series.
  — Julia Poe, chicagotribune.com, 20 Apr. 2022
• The first photo in the carousel shows Legend as a young kid, sporting a Mickey Mouse shirt and a timid smile.
  — Tracey Harrington McCoy, Peoplemag, 28 Dec. 2022
• Vaakanainen looked timid with the puck, lacking urgency to his game.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 26 Sep. 2021
• In the video, the timid pup cautiously walked over to her before sniffing her face.
  — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 2 Feb. 2024
• And his rivals, so far, are proving to be a timid bunch, all too wary of poking Trump.
  — Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2023
• The only holdout was the eponymous Flora, a timid 41-year-old who had been slow to take to the training.
  — Emily Anthes Emil T. Lippe, New York Times, 8 Aug. 2023
• For the more timid souls, this might be a more doable transition than painting your walls red.
  — Vicki Payne, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
• While timid Mari’s impulse to call the police, her friends deter her.
  — Guy Lodge, Variety, 23 Jan. 2022
• She may seem beaten down at the beginning of the movie, but never timid.
  — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Aug. 2022
• But as Jost levied each jab, his jokes were received with timid chuckles.
  — Katie Reul, Variety, 1 Apr. 2023
• Fans of plucky heroines will find a lot to love in Sallie, the daughter of big-shot Duke and sister to the timid Eddie.
  — Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping, 5 Dec. 2022
• Jack never said much to encourage her to be less timid.
  — Amanda Ostuni, EW.com, 26 Jan. 2022
• The part of the dog, Benjamin Franklin, was taken by a timid ape called McNamara.
  — Werner Herzog, The New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2023
• Choosing a reluctant or timid person to play a role can take the steam out of an exchange.
  — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2023
• Having failed to deter the war, Mr. Biden’s timid approach has now prolonged it.
  — Tom Cotton, WSJ, 7 Feb. 2023
• In this version, William and his family move to the country and a timid William, unsure of how to make new friends, starts at a new school.
  — Amy Amatangelo, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2023
• Still, this is no time for half measures or timid responses.
  — David A. Andelman, CNN, 28 Feb. 2022
• For some of the smaller, faster and more timid species, getting a good amount of data from males and even more from females can be a challenge.
  — Andrew Wight, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2022
• Williams was timid early, missing 5 of his first 7 3-point attempts.
  — Kyle Hightower, Hartford Courant, 15 May 2022
• Even the more visible efforts have been a little timid.
  — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2023
• Copper cups of Moscow mules gave even the most timid of attendees enough liquid courage to get there.
  — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 25 Aug. 2022
• His absence raises the prospect of a timid Fed doing too little, too late to do any real good.
  — John S. Tobey, Forbes, 15 July 2023
• In a 2005 sketch, Forte played a timid, overwhelmed spelling-bee contestant.
  — Amanda Wicks, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2022
• Saucedo thought Star had been timid, but not aggressive.
  — Alene Tchekmedyian, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2023

Last Updated: 28 May 2024