timorous minds are much more inclined to deliberate than to resolve. From LearnThat.org. [Cardinal de Retz]
timorous little mouse. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : The noise made them timorous. ,a timorous whisper. From Dictionary.com.
Where our difficulties lie, and what prompts the fears of the timorous, is in the fact that we have not made commensurate advances in every sector of human knowledge. From Wordnik.com. [The Contribution of Creative Chemistry to the Humanities] Reference
With tenderest, fiercest care; the timorous swallow. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 5, May 1810] Reference
Ha! the very timorous stag will kill in rutting time. From Wordnik.com. [The Beaux-Stratagem] Reference
Too great an excess of water makes animals timorous. From Wordnik.com. [Fathers of Biology] Reference
Then came the timorous half-whisper of a frightened child. From Wordnik.com. [Americans All Stories of American Life of To-Day] Reference
You are over valorous at a distance; too timorous near her. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Rose] Reference
The timorous committees would not countenance such an idea. From Wordnik.com. [The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin] Reference
Frighting the tender trust of the timorous, shrinking maid. From Wordnik.com. [The Path of Dreams Poems] Reference
Hicks, Jr., and timorous little Theophilus had jointly delivered the. From Wordnik.com. [T. Haviland Hicks Senior] Reference
For one thing, their timorous anxiety is likely to be self-fulfilling. From Wordnik.com. [The Dropout Democrats] Reference
But Dole can be timorous, undisciplined and confused as a candi - date. From Wordnik.com. [Two Men, One Choice] Reference
Now, however, the splendid appeal of loyal, timorous Theophilus stirred. From Wordnik.com. [T. Haviland Hicks Senior] Reference
Congress, and that principle found utterance, albeit with timorous voice. From Wordnik.com. [Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851] Reference
I threw a timorous glance toward the gateway, motioning the intruder away. From Wordnik.com. [Margaret Tudor A Romance of Old St. Augustine] Reference
Will thy bravery ever be in that windy tongue and those timorous feet of thine?. From Wordnik.com. [The Aeneid of Virgil] Reference
Advancing a little way into the circle, it shrank back as though timorous, then wavered. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl and The Bill An American Story of Mystery, Romance and Adventure] Reference
The Chub is a very timorous fish, utterly worthless as food except during the winter months. From Wordnik.com. [The Teesdale Angler] Reference
Make that pseudofeminist, with a clumsy use of breast cancer and timorous hints of lesbianism. From Wordnik.com. ['Diabolique'--No 'Eek!'] Reference
Norah Pennington was the tenant's name, and her references all the most timorous landlord could ask. From Wordnik.com. [The Pleasant Street Partnership A Neighborhood Story] Reference
We said we were not afraid and we tried not to feel so, but after dark we all felt a little timorous. From Wordnik.com. [Letters on an Elk Hunt] Reference
"I thought, Sire, your duke was timorous, bashful as a boy?" murmured the Countess d'Etampes to the king. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Rose] Reference
Speak to the people, and proclaim in the hearing of all: Whosoever is fearful and timorous, let him return. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 07: Judges The Challoner Revision] Reference
His timorous phrases came through the flowers, and irritated M. Schmoll, who began to grumble and to prophesy. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
They went out into the deeper water, all feeling a little timorous, as the little boat began to rock on the waves. From Wordnik.com. [Short Stories of Various Types] Reference
Brewster, little Theophilus Opperdyke, the timorous Human Encyclopedia of old Bannister, exited from Bannister Hall. From Wordnik.com. [T. Haviland Hicks Senior] Reference
Numbers of deer, timorous and wild, ranged through the trees, and herds of buffaloes were found grazing in the savanna. From Wordnik.com. [An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia, Volume 1] Reference
The inhabitants of warm countries are, like old men, timorous; the people in cold countries are, like young men, brave. From Wordnik.com. [Classic French Course in English] Reference
At this I laughed aloud, in a choking, timorous way, but loudly enough to attract the attention of every one in the room. From Wordnik.com. [The Idler Magazine, Volume III, April 1893 An Illustrated Monthly] Reference
Day after day had he sat thus, coming, by slow, rather timorous degrees, face to face with himself and his new surroundings. From Wordnik.com. [The Genius] Reference
Theophilus Opperdyke, the timorous, intensely studious Human Encyclopedia, stood at the window of John Thorwald's study room. From Wordnik.com. [T. Haviland Hicks Senior] Reference
This is the absorbing topic of the moment -- one which has created intense interest and a certain feeling of alarm among the timorous. From Wordnik.com. [Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War] Reference
P. Finley, ended the palaver by gently lifting the Sultan into the vehicle, whilst he himself immediately entered it, and the timorous. From Wordnik.com. [The Philippine Islands] Reference
And poor Furchtsam trembled exceedingly, for he was of a very timorous heart, and he scarcely dared to look up to him who stood by him. From Wordnik.com. [The Rocky Island and Other Similitudes] Reference
Last year's old-boy Congress, which retreated in terror before the health lobby many times, might have been too timorous to attempt substantial reform. From Wordnik.com. [FACING THE POWERS THAT BE] Reference
She sat in the armchair, and as she remained in it erect, he knelt before her, took her hands, kissed them, and looked at her with a wondering expression, timorous and proud. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
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