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Meanings of certain shyness in English

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Usage of certain shyness in English
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And, with a certain shyness, she patted Lady Agatha on the arm.
The Cruise of the Jasper B.
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How assured they seemed; she had expected a certain shyness, reserve at least.
The best early stories of f. scott fitzgerald
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Her manners and a certain shyness would not allow her to just stare.
Halo Primordium
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As to myself, the cause of it was a certain shyness and sensitiveness.
Without Dogma: A Novel of Modern Poland
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A certain shyness was in his nature, and Muriel's nervousness reacted upon him.
The Way of an Eagle
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Jean looked up at him understandingly, and with a certain shyness in her eyes.
Jean of the Lazy A
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Somehow she felt a certain shyness of approaching the subject.
From out the Vasty Deep
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He felt a certain shyness over what he had done.
The Texan Scouts: A Story of the Alamo and Goliad
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She came forward laughing, and yet with a certain shyness.
Macleod of Dare
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A certain shyness made it very painful to me.
International Short Stories: French
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A certain shyness, moreover, withheld Iglesias, a not unadmirable dread of being guilty of ostentation.
The Far Horizon
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There was a certain shyness with the candour.
No Hero
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His eyes met Mary V's with a certain shyness, a wistfulness and a daring quite unusual.
The Thunder Bird
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I am vain, therefore I have a certain shyness about exposing my beauty to the curious gaze.
Flowing Gold
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Then her voice changed-tooka certain shyness.
Sir George Tressady — Volume II
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I was prepared- Imakethe confession very frankly-tofind a certain shyness and deference about my young friend.
The Silent Isle
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