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Meanings of certain diffidence in anglès

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Usage of certain diffidence in anglès
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When he had arranged it and gone out, Nigel said, with a certain diffidence:
Bella Donna: A Novel
2
Whereat Noel's hand came out gropingly, with a certain diffidence.
The Keeper of the Door
3
He looked at Jean with a certain diffidence.
Jean of the Lazy A
4
His dark eye never wavered from her face, but there was a certain diffidence in his voice.
The wandering fire
5
His lack of early education gave him a certain diffidence and a distrust of his own gifts of expression.
Artist and Public, and Other Essays on Art Subjects
6
It was with a certain diffidence that I'd proposed it as a class project-orgame, really: a catalog of everyday life in Yugoslavia.
The ministry of pain
7
In his relations with Smoke he was always absurdly gentle; also he was fatherly; and at the same time betrayed a certain diffidence or shyness.
Three John Silence Stories
8
She smiled at me, but there was something about her smile, a kind of reserve, a certain diffidence I had never encountered with her before.
Beautiful assassin
9
"I happen to have a pretty tidy balance just now," she remarked parenthetically, and as though with a certain diffidence.
The History of Sir Richard Calmady: A Romance
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