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4 total sentences available.
She did not move, and he came towards her with more doubt and timidity in his face than she had ever seen before. He was in a state of uncertainty which made him afraid lest some look or word of his should condemn him to a new distance from her; and Dorothea was afraid of her OWN emotion.
Source: tatoeba (6888696)
The left is abandoning issues like this entirely out of timidity, avoidance of impurity, or some other reason.
Source: tatoeba (10359350)
[…] instead of the joyous voices of his playfellows he hears the rough commands of an unindulgent master or a scolding mistress; — he is continually reproached for his awkwardness and timidity, and reminded of his pauper origin.
Source: wiktionary
This willingness to act underscores the German leader’s view that there is much at stake – and that Western Europe’s largest country (both by population and economic power) needs to step up to the demands. Timidity is not an option.
Source: wiktionary
Closest matches include afraidness, bashfulness, bashfulness, blenching, carefulness.
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