Example Sentences

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Often unnoticed by drivers, these structures help shyer animals move across the landscape.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 31, 2024

The looking task yielded more nuanced results, indicating that shyer children were occasionally more accurate but less likely to respond.

From Science Daily • Oct. 12, 2023

The U.S. audience was shyer and more naïve than her Canadian viewers, Ms. Johanson told Mireya Navarro of The New York Times in 2004; they seemed to lack basic knowledge.

From New York Times • Jul. 7, 2023

A duet is a great opportunity for a shyer person to sing without having to be the complete center of attention.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2023

I feel shyer standing face-to-face than I would if we were running side by side.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison