SHY in a Sentence
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112 example sentences for SHY, such as:
1. Once bit, twice shy.
2. He was too shy to speak to her.
3. The child was shy and hid behind his mother.
4. She played the role of a meek, innocent, shy girl.
5. She was very shy while she was in elementary school.
2. He was too shy to speak to her.
3. The child was shy and hid behind his mother.
4. She played the role of a meek, innocent, shy girl.
5. She was very shy while she was in elementary school.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of SHY
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shy
a. lacking self-confidence
Classic Sentence: (92 in 7 pages)
1 The name threw a chill between them, and they stood a moment looking sideways at each other before Mattie said with a shy laugh.
2 It was a shy secret spot, full of the same dumb melancholy that Ethan felt in his heart.
3 With her younger daughters, she had success, for Suellen was so anxious to be attractive she lent an attentive and obedient ear to her mother's teachings, and Carreen was shy and easily led.
4 She wouldn't overlook a man of marriageable age, from ginger-whiskered old Frank Kennedy, who was Suellen's beau, on down to shy, quiet, blushing Charles Hamilton, Melanie's brother.
5 As she did, a shy voice behind her called her name and, turning, she saw Charles Hamilton.
6 Like most shy men he greatly admired airy, vivacious, always-at-ease girls like Scarlett.
7 She was naturally embarrassed and shy, and in agony lest they be overheard.
8 It was easy to see why he had been so shy, so unsophisticated, so idealistic.
9 He was unfailingly courteous to her, but she was a little timid with him, largely because she was shy with any man she had not known from childhood.
10 Too happy to be shy and reserved, she hung on her husband's arm and adored him openly with her eyes, with her smiles, her tears.
11 A little shy, now that the time had come to give it to him, she unrolled the package.
12 Scarlett always permitted Wade to sit up late when Rhett called because the shy child was fond of him, and Rhett oddly enough seemed to be fond of Wade.
13 He flushed and grinned embarrassedly and in general looked like a shy and sheepish boy.
14 His heart was sore and bewildered at Suellen's conduct and his vanity, the shy, touchy vanity of a middle-aged bachelor who knows himself to be unattractive to women, was deeply wounded.
15 Little Wade was very fond of him, though the boy was shy of most people, and even called him "Uncle Rhett," which annoyed Frank.
Example Sentence: (20 in 2 pages)
1 Although he's shy, it certainly hasn't impeded his career in any way.
2 According to Mandy, Pat's tough exterior hides a shy and sensitive soul.
3 The child was shy and hid behind his mother.
4 Once bit, twice shy.
5 She seemed rather aloof when in fact she was just shy.
6 She played the role of a meek, innocent, shy girl.
7 Her sociable manner is really a mask for a very shy nature.
8 They're shy animals and don't often come out in daylight.
9 She was very shy while she was in elementary school.
10 Alan sings with shy intensity, hiding behind the security blanket of his guitar.
11 At that age they can start becoming shy with the opposite sex.
12 Employees are urged not to be shy about reporting incidents of sexual harassment.
13 She is slim and shy - the very antithesis of her sister.
14 He was too shy to speak to her.
15 Before this course I'd always fought shy of technology.