Example Sentences

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Shyness is welcome at the audiobook walking club, Pao notes.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2025

Shyness never really held me back – a lot of creative people are shy and pull themselves out of that on stage.

From The Guardian • Oct. 12, 2019

He noted that since he began the Stanford Shyness Survey in the 1970s, the number of people who said they were shy had risen from 40 percent to 60 percent.

From Washington Post • Feb. 24, 2017

He noted that since he began the Stanford Shyness Survey in the 1970s, the number of people who said they were shy had risen from 40 percent to 60 percent.

From Salon • Feb. 22, 2017

Shyness is when you turn your head away from something you want.

From "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer