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How to use shyer in a sentence

Looking for sentences and phrases with the word shyer? Here are some examples.

Sentence Examples
Unfortunately, it may be that the Streetwise isn't funky enough even for the shyer funksters among us.
She didn't really fit in, she stood out from the rest, far more beautiful and a lot shyer.
With room-mates, the shyer of the two tended to change more emotionally.
Calvin seemed a bit shyer now and he wasn't smiling quite so much.
Real bright red and tight, but she was shy, kind of nervous — I could tell she was shyer than a dress like that.
Although wildlife is shyer here, the park is home to leopards, sloth bears, crocodiles, elephants, deer and many bird species.
Those were a lot shyer than usual though, having 4 French-speaking guests in the classrooms being quite rare!
Maybe I was shyer before, and I wouldn't say what I thought.
Other slightly shyer residents include buffalo, Rothschild giraffe, eland, lion, leopard and black rhino.
Depending on their character and upbringing some children and young people will naturally fit in more easily or be more at ease while others might be shyer or less confident.
There's an element of positive discrimination in appointments, and most of the investment banks would be significantly shyer of firing a woman than a man.
According to Adrian Treves, a wildlife biologist at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, European brown bears, which are closely related to grizzlies, are shyer and more nocturnal than their American brethren.
In addition, risk capital has become shyer.
For the sake of convenience, adults often tend to rely on the brighter child, although by delegating responsibility to a slower, shyer child they could help the latter to become more self-assured.
Siberian bears, for example, tend to be much bolder toward humans than their shyer, more persecuted European counterparts.
This method of hunting, however, is not so much practised now as formerly, as the antelope are getting continually shyer and more difficult to flag.
Examples from Classical Literature
She had been shyer in meeting him than in meeting Wilfrid, whom she had once loved.
Only the trout, that see a myriad of artificial flies, are shyer than of yore.
Only now her trouble was different and greater, making her shyer and more reticent.
He was shyer than ever of addressing the ladies in those parties he was obliged to attend.
She was always kind of sweet looking, but her bloom went, and she got shyer and limper every year of her life.
Ewing was shyer of her when evening brought this change of habit.
Finding, now she leaves off, that she has been making quite a long speech, Rosa is shyer than ever.
This quiet man with the bright eyes was shyer than a girl of fourteen.
The drumming grouse is not shyer of exhibiting his performance.
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