1 He had seen heavy action in Indochina, which left him painfully diffident .
2 She was shy and diffident in manner, thin and tall in person.
3 Rarely need the complaisance that audacity evokes perturb the diffident man; since
4 Without his conscious volition he took a diffident , foot dragging, backward step.
5 The diffident girl had suddenly assumed the incisive strength of observant womanhood.
6 Still the Covenanters and the clergy were diffident of the king's sincerity.
7 Not understanding, she felt diffident and uncertain of herself in certain presences.
8 At least I have the greatest reason to be diffident of myself.
9 Aside from Mavis, Cordle had collected a small, diffident but interested crowd.
10 Mr. Lelyveld is also considered a somewhat diffident man, shy and guarded.
11 The oppressive fear of criticism was gone, but a diffident loneliness remained.
12 In his presence she felt diffident , mentally insecure, even as a child.
13 Emily was fair and pretty, girlish and diffident - blue eyes and light hair.
14 They had defended him with fierce indignation, against their more diffident companions.
15 He had grown a little diffident in stating why he had come.
16 Thomas, though diffident to a degree, was one of our greatest soldiers.
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