Examples of 'timorous' in a sentence

Meaning of "timorous"

Timorous (adjective): Describes a person who is timid, fearful, or easily scared. It suggests a lack of courage or confidence in dealing with situations that evoke anxiety or apprehension
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  • Fearful; afraid; timid.

How to use "timorous" in a sentence

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She is loving but a little bit timorous.
I like your timorous courage.
French reservations turned out to be somewhat timorous.
I am a timorous and faithful woman.
Heaven help us if we are too timorous to say so.
The timorous may have identified Castral with that stern eye.
I had rather a dozen lions than a multitude of timorous jakaIs.
I am not a timorous beastie.
I had rather a dozen lions than a muItitude of timorous jakaIs.
And that you desist from this timorous slither in which you presently engage.
Nor do we know the things kept tucked away in timorous hearts.
This Doctor and his timorous beastie will come with us.
There was not much conviction in the high and timorous voice.
And deep in their tiny, timorous hearts they know it.
You must not merely push it back in a spirit of fear and in a timorous manner.

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I am not going to be the timorous guy from Scotland.
The Committee should be realistic but not timorous.
Now then, let us pull this timorous beastie down to earth.
On defence matters the mindset of the European countries was pacifist and timorous.
One must respect the two hundred and fifty timorous consciences around one.
Finally the section devoted to strengthening the role of Parliament is far too timorous.
The agressive horse, timorous and disrespectful towards the human, is very dangerous.
You seem quite timorous.
I looked with timorous joy towards a stately house, I saw a blackened ruin.
It is against the mind of God that his people should be a timorous people.
I would almost say that to the timorous it might appear terrible and overbearing . ".
I also think that the European Parliament should not be too timorous in this regard.
So Mistrust and Timorous ran down the hill, and Christian continued on the difficult way.
Takiguchi may be good, because he is a timorous man.
Perfectly awake, if they be timorous and superstitious, possessed with.
Québec 's first law of a linguistic nature was timorous.
Unfortunately, the Cantervilles are a timorous lot and Simon is out of luck.
In truth, the way in which he was looking at her was almost timorous.
Timorous - fear of failure.
Sometimes, we are apt to be dependent on weaker, more timorous and less steady men.
Is a rather timorous little chateau Ia 432. Best my wine merchants can rustle up these days.
Like most compromises, it had neither force nor vitality but only a timorous despair.
One day, her timorous mother, Suganthi, takes a pilgrimage in a quest for self-discovery.
Sickness broke out on the camping-grounds, and the more timorous foresaw a great pestilence.
The timorous “ mainstream ” media suppressed what Inman and Odom said.
Unfortunately, it would have left them with a more reactive nervous system and a more timorous temperament.
Wee little herd of England 's timorous deer, Mazed with a yelping kennel of French curs!
I had no idea you Egyptians were so… timorous.
Timorous beastie . Mrs. Williams said if I stayed here . and held my wish.
He inspected another village, where Maoris are friendly but seem timorous.
Who is it raises lamentations, as of timorous women, to the Everlasting?
Before to become this feline out of the common, Patience is a shy woman, timorous.
I am a lion . I am not a timorous beastie.
More timorous than a woman, utterly devoid of wit and spirit . ".
We must make use of a cautious, I had almost said, a timorous method of proceeding.

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