| Sheep remind people of such qualities as timidity, docility and gentleness in Chinese as well as Western culture. |
| A similar timidity seems to have characterized the administration's conduct of military operations during the occupation. |
| The timidity of the boy afraid to fight, a common object of scorn for schoolyard bullies, was recast as a clinical pathology. |
| Parents were much less likely than were professionals to assign responsibility for their boys' timidity to themselves. |
| Curiously enough, women seldom show any signs of timidity or shockability on the battlefield. |
| Democrats' timidity also makes it easier for the Republicans to co-opt their modest ideas, from prescription drugs to homeland security. |
