shyness

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Noun
  • In some instances, this approach will give heirs time to develop the patience, knowledge and humility to handle a sudden influx of cash responsibly.
    Rory O'Hara, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
  • President-elect Donald Trump is the polar opposite, lacking any of the qualities including the integrity, goodness and humility that Carter possessed.
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 8 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Some warned that British forces were vulnerable to the same embarrassment as their American allies, who were tarred in 2010 by the leaking of military logs documenting six years of the Afghanistan war by WikiLeaks, the antisecrecy group established by Julian Assange.
    Mark Landler, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The irony, of course, is that the source of the embarrassment is Trump.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Most disconcerting is the meekness of Washington’s supposedly stalwart European allies.
    Raphael Cohen, Foreign Affairs, 5 Nov. 2014
  • But to see Bass as a kumbaya leader — or to mistake her softness for meekness — is to fundamentally misunderstand her.
    Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2024
Noun
  • Author John Neihardt described Crazy Horse in his book Black Elk Speaks as a person of great modesty and reserve but who was generous to the poor, elderly, and children.
    Chip Bell, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
  • Dylan arrives on the scene with the false modesty of predestination, touched by God but desperate for a place to sleep for the night.
    David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 10 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Two of them were responsible for overexpression in the cellular differentiation process, while one was responsible for inhibition.
    Michael Franco, New Atlas, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Carbonic anhydrase inhibition ameliorates tau toxicity via enhanced tau secretion.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Despite their differences in sociability and communication styles, cats and dogs often find ways to coexist harmoniously.
    Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Civility leads to sociability, a concept that creates a political link between an interactive citizenry and a truly functional republic.
    Blake D. Morant, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • In a nod to modernity and environmental friendliness, there are no plastic hotel key cards.
    Michael Goldstein, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Several of the President-elect’s recent appointments have suggested at least a friendliness to the idea.
    Rosemary Kelanic, TIME, 17 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Such cordiality was impossible this time, and Dirk Hauser — head of media for Bayern’s academy then and to this day — had to keep the two men apart, in different parts of the old stadium.
    Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Hold on to your butts, Samuel L. Jackson is coming after awards season cordiality.
    Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 28 Nov. 2024
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