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Recent Examples of timid At the time, David was a bit timid around dogs and initially kept his distance. Jordan Greene, People.com, 3 June 2025 In the film, Colin, a timid man is swept off his feet when Ray, an enigmatic, impossibly handsome biker takes him on as his submissive. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 29 May 2025 Forgive me if the phrase be strong A poet worthy of Rob Roy Must scorn a timid song. Patricia Lockwood, New Yorker, 18 May 2025 Pillion, about the BDSM relationship between a gay biker and a timid parking attendant, kickstarted an exuberant eight-minute ovation from the audience that included Pedro Pascal after its premiere Sunday at the Cannes Film Festival. Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 18 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for timid
Recent Examples of Synonyms for timid
Adjective
  • The restaurant industry — which has long maintained a status quo of hiring immigrants — is finding creative solutions to support fearful staff.
    Karla Marie Sanford, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2025
  • In Jewish Insider, Gabby Deutsch talks to the Democrats who are fearful about what the Mamdani win means.
    David Weigel, semafor.com, 27 June 2025
Adjective
  • However, Wicked arrived on Peacock on March 21, just shy of four months after the film opened in theaters.
    Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
  • Measuring over 4 feet tall and just shy of two feet wide, this charming furniture find offers loads of storage in both top and bottom compartments.
    Alexandra Kay, People.com, 26 June 2025
Adjective
  • The blend of physical locations with sets and digital imagery is seamless and the CG work on the creatures is first-rate, notably so in the scary climactic stretch when the lumbering D. Rex joins the fray.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 30 June 2025
  • This was in the days when only lunatics or scary white punks had shaved heads.
    Hilton Als, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
Adjective
  • Hundreds of timorous Timothée Chalamet lookalikes congregated in Washington Square Park.
    Raven Smith, Vogue, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Phillips has made a jukebox spectacle that’s bold in conception but oddly cautious, even timorous, in execution.
    A.A. Dowd, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • Keep checking in with yourself, stay curious, and don’t be afraid to pivot.
    Sho Dewan, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
  • Sydney Sweeney was not afraid to pull punches when playing real-life Christy Martin in the upcoming biopic about the boxer, which wrapped production last November.
    Rance Collins, IndieWire, 28 June 2025
Adjective
  • With no cell service or any experience with snakes, Wall was scared.
    Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 19 June 2025
  • The story itself is stripped to bone and sinew: a sleepy New England beach town that wants tourist dollars more than truth, an invisible killer in plain water, and three men — one scared sheriff, one cocky scientist, one Ahab of a fisherman — set adrift to settle nature’s score.
    Philip Martin, Arkansas Online, 19 June 2025
Adjective
  • This is why babies and toddlers with a shock of blond hair can end up a mousy brown color in adulthood.
    RJ Mackenzie, Popular Science, 20 Mar. 2025
  • For evidence, just look at her recent transformation from mousy brunette to bombshell blonde.
    Sam Reed, Glamour, 13 Mar. 2025

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“Timid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/timid. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.

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