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It’s not that her timorousness doesn’t make sense, given events, but she’s so relentlessly belittled, in both the writing and direction, that it’s hard to have any real sympathy for her.

From New York Times • Nov. 1, 2015

The first indication of this book’s spark lies in its account of his timorousness at leaving journalism behind.

From New York Times • May 11, 2011

The opening night in the metropolis of Bozeman, Mont., dauntless Adam coughed away timorousness, tapped his baton, swung into full-rounded and accurate melody.

From Time Magazine Archive

He gazed now at the men before him, not with timorousness or trepidation.

From The Mississippi Bubble by Hough, Emerson

Presently, impatient of his own timorousness, he turned the device off again.

From Operation Terror by Leinster, Murray