So far our search for that coyness which is an ingredient of modern love has been in vain. From Wordnik.com. [Primitive Love and Love-Stories] Reference
The kind of coyness which she had displayed had been the very infatuation of feminine imbecility. From Wordnik.com. [Ayala's Angel] Reference
They make the capture a sequence of "coyness," whereas in truth the coyness (if it may be so called) is a result of capture. From Wordnik.com. [Primitive Love and Love-Stories] Reference
She knew nothing of coyness, caprice or mannerisms. From Wordnik.com. [The Way of the Wind] Reference
"Now you just stop!" she said with no coyness implied. From Wordnik.com. [O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920] Reference
“Now you just stop!” she said with no coyness implied. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of the Jazz Age] Reference
Courtney fluttered her eyelashes up at him in mock coyness. From Wordnik.com. [Marriage At A Price]
He mistook men's unease for fear, and women's for coyness. From Wordnik.com. [The Messenger] Reference
This was no time to let himself be distracted by Tampy coyness. From Wordnik.com. [Warhorse]
Howard admired his favorite, his diffidence and bashful coyness. From Wordnik.com. [Lady Rosamond's Secret A Romance of Fredericton] Reference
At the apex of their system – 33 – a certain coyness enters. From Wordnik.com. [Alex's Adventures in Numberland by Alex Bellos] Reference
We're beyond the usual political games of coyness and deception. From Wordnik.com. [McCain's health an issue; answers demanded] Reference
Harrison thought the young woman had taken coyness to a new height. From Wordnik.com. [For The Roses]
Unconscious of the challenging coyness of words and manner, she spoke. From Wordnik.com. [The Return of Blue Pete] Reference
Their ads (attached) feature varying levels of coyness about loving Obama. From Wordnik.com. [Myrtle Avenue: Obama-Watch Central (Also, Free Hot Dogs and Shots)] Reference
There's a hint of coyness in Jarecki's method that borders on exploitation. From Wordnik.com. [Grim Days In Great Neck] Reference
He and Edwards, through their cagey coyness, have make themselves irrelevant. From Wordnik.com. [Richardson Criticizes Hillary's "Red Phone" Ad Hitting Obama; Praises His Judgment] Reference
But while he claims reluctance, others see all the coyness of a rutting moose. From Wordnik.com. [President Newt?] Reference
Sharpe tried to brush the compliment aside, but Cochrane would have none of his coyness. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Devil]
I felt a familiar and uncomfortable coyness talking to black people about black leaders. From Wordnik.com. [Shaun Gatter: Campaign Journal: Canvassing for Mandela and Obama in Bristol, PA] Reference
Mary, plaiting the table – cloth in assumed coyness, ‘if you would do me a favour.’. From Wordnik.com. [The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club] Reference
There were mingled in her the coyness of a child and the irresistible coquetry of a woman. From Wordnik.com. [The Eternal Maiden] Reference
What cared she now for the common ways of women and the usual coyness of feminine coquetry?. From Wordnik.com. [The Claverings] Reference
Accompanying the low moon twinkled the silver stars with their olden time coyness of expression. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman who went to Alaska] Reference
Naftali's coyness and self-betraying wishy-washiness will be on display in other parts of the museum, too. From Wordnik.com. [John Seery: Cover-up of a Cover-up of a Cover-up] Reference
Everything I say is gleaned from and backed by their inestimable knowledge so why the coyness I ask myself?. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
Someone, she hinted with a touch of coyness, who had not allowed for the sudden entry of Mr Right into her life. From Wordnik.com. [The Count's Blackmail Bargain]
Re: Powell - his endorsement may be politically advantageous, but his coyness about it all reminds me of Edwards. From Wordnik.com. [Election Central Morning Roundup] Reference
Then, restrained by the coyness of unrevealed love, each enjoyed a happiness to which the other was supposed to be a stranger. From Wordnik.com. [Hatchie, the Guardian Slave; or, The Heiress of Bellevue] Reference
So far from being despotic, however, there was a coyness about her very way of pouring out the tea, which Tom quite revelled in. From Wordnik.com. [The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit] Reference
Well, it turns out that Thompson's studied coyness may be more than just irksome and phony: It may also be a violation of election law. From Wordnik.com. [Thompson's "Coyness" About Running May Be Violating Election Law] Reference
There is little of the poetry of first-love, and little of the coyness and shrinking diffidence which characterize the first attachment. From Wordnik.com. [Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners A Complete Sexual Science and a Guide to Purity and Physical Manhood, Advice To Maiden, Wife, And Mother, Love, Courtship, And Marriage] Reference
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