This year we particularly want to encourage entries from for-profit service providers, who have seemed diffident about putting themselves forward. From LearnThat.org. [www.yourdictionary.com]
Stood in the doorway diffident and abashed. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
She was diffident when offering a comment on the professor's lecture. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The word diffident has appeared in 72 New York Times articles in the past year, including on Sept. 2 in How to Choose and. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
But this was before I had reached what I will call the diffident period in the life of a writer. From Wordnik.com. [Aylwin] Reference
We are told, and can well believe it, that he was "diffident" of Sir Walter's designs. From Wordnik.com. [Some Diversions of a Man of Letters] Reference
Christopher's halting, diffident personal style didn't help. From Wordnik.com. [Chinese 'Face' Time] Reference
He was even diffident about accepting a suggestion for a joke. From Wordnik.com. [The History of "Punch"] Reference
The greatest sufferers were often too diffident to ask for help. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences] Reference
Lord George Murray, he seemed very diffident of everybody except the. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III.] Reference
Everyone's diffident on their prospects in a slower economic setting. From Wordnik.com. [Bernanke's Fed Full Of Blind Mice] Reference
Seattle's prevailing style is reticent and diffident, rather than glib. From Wordnik.com. [Seattle Reigns] Reference
"He's so amazingly diffident, and yet so utterly in love, he's relieved.". From Wordnik.com. [Antony Gray,—Gardener] Reference
But there is another division of that august body by no means quite so diffident. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847] Reference
"Ah, doctor, how do you do?" he greeted his colleague in a slightly diffident tone. From Wordnik.com. [Juggernaut] Reference
As has become her diffident wont, the First Lady predicted she'd keep on keeping on. From Wordnik.com. [The Role Of A Lifetime] Reference
And there was another thing that made Ruth feel diffident about approaching the boy. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding of the Red Mill Or, Jasper Parloe's Secret] Reference
The court's curious, diffident decision in the Adarand case confused almost everyone. From Wordnik.com. [Affirmative Inaction?] Reference
The Second Hand, therefore, should be somewhat diffident about bidding two in a suit. From Wordnik.com. [Auction of To-day] Reference
He was diffident and charming but failed to disguise a profound suspicion of anyone in the media. From Wordnik.com. [The Private Prince] Reference
A diffident woman of a certain age, holding binoculars, offers the standard bird-watcher greeting. From Wordnik.com. [Birding In Central Park] Reference
The pretty girl at Peet's Coffee saw me drive up, and for the first time she was, like, diffident. From Wordnik.com. [Hard-Times Hollywood] Reference
Charmingly diffident, the McLoughlins wanted to make sure we understood they were not seeking glory. From Wordnik.com. [The Editor's Desk] Reference
When he springs into action, this diffident hero discovers within himself his true, chivalric nature. From Wordnik.com. [Very Dangerous Liaisons] Reference
It's an astonishing performance that captures both the fussiness and the diffident courage of the man. From Wordnik.com. [Love, Bloomsbury Style] Reference
Indeed, he virtually duplicates Reeve in the way he plays Kent as a diffident, awkward Midwestern colt. From Wordnik.com. [Movies: The Big Guy's Back. We Missed Him.] Reference
My diffident reference to economic cycles brought the assurance that monetary policy would mitigate their effects. From Wordnik.com. [Notable] Reference
Taciturn and diffident, he has "never been the kind of politician to be a backslapper," his daughter Liz told NEWSWEEK. From Wordnik.com. [CHENEY FAMILY VALUES] Reference
The regulars and her friends surround her, a little diffident at first because of Elena, but eager to acclaim her success. From Wordnik.com. [Tango] Reference
A wise hostess will personally see that the women are provided with partners, and that diffident young men are introduced. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Good Manners; a Guide to Polite Usage for All Social Functions] Reference
Unique: the word rings in her head, later, though the echo of his diffident touch on her hand is not what sets her chiming. From Wordnik.com. [Hotel Chelsea - Nanette 4] Reference
The parallels are comically human: the small but pugilistic cactus, the cheerfully plump one, the tall but diffident wraith. From Wordnik.com. [Martin Creed: Down Over Up; Richard Wright: The Stairwell Project; Joan Mitchell] Reference
But he has been a different man from the morose and diffident figure who finished second from last at Firestone last weekend. From Wordnik.com. [Nick Watney leads charge of young generation in US PGA] Reference
The diffident charm that was so effective in "The Crying Game" still works, but his self-effacement is approaching self-parody. From Wordnik.com. [Meryl (Yes, Meryl) Goes Macho] Reference
This is a reined-in, lawyerly guy, too diffident to advertise his courage, and Hanks moves us deeply by never begging for sympathy. From Wordnik.com. ['Tis Not A Jolly Season] Reference
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