Sentence example with the word 'shyness'

shyness

afraidness, compunction, demureness, embarrassment, hesitance, modesty, protest, recoil, self-consciousness, shrinkingness, stammering, timidness

Definition n. a feeling of fear of embarrassment

Last update: September 8, 2015


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It maintains its numbers partly in consequence of its shyness, which keeps it away from the abodes of men, and partly because it is so prolific, bringing forth six to eight young at a litter.   [Please select]

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I felt no fear of him, and but little shyness.   [Please select]

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At the same time, he had a redoubled attack of shyness.   [Please select]

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I answered, more in shyness than politeness, "After you, miss."   [Please select]

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He felt a certain shyness over what he had done.   [Please select]

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She lost her shyness and her voice rose without constraint.   [Please select]

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When at last, beneath his admirable management, the wonder and the shyness melted away, and she found her tongue, memories came in a torrent.   [Please select]

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Their taste was for lilies and roses, and it was not an age that counted shyness a grace.   [Please select]

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"Dad wants us to marry," he said, suddenly, with shyness and a strange, amused smile.   [Please select]

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"If you do go then," she said, with again that little touch of shyness, "I suppose I won't see you again."   [Please select]

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She hesitated and looked quite tenderly at the tea-pot, a sort of shyness in her face.   [Please select]

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