Fear of the unknown or unfamiliar or fear of making decisions.
1 Presently, impatient of his own timorousness , he turned the device off again.
2 He gazed now at the men before him, not with timorousness or trepidation.
3 A sweet timorousness enveloped her and something tingled-sheknew not what.
4 He felt a sudden timorousness , like a child caught redhanded doing something wrong.
5 Neither her gayety nor her usual excess of timorousness returned.
6 Mrs. Gallito, all timorousness again, beat her hands lightly together, in a distressful flurry.
7 His extraordinary freedom from timorousness was something to think over.
8 She smiled-shewould punish Lizzie for her obdurate timorousness .
9 A virginal sweetness and timorousness - no flare of gaiety, no suggestion of cities, music, quick laughter.
10 Perhaps the cooperation of the presidential candidates required a certain respectful timorousness on the part of the director.
11 Then thine own natural weakness, and timorousness shall not overcome thee.-Forit shall not be too hard for God.
12 Elena, blushing for some unknown reason, moved silently closer-andthere was a strange timorousness in her movement- atimorousdesire.
13 This is, however, my third manly prudence: I am not put out of conceit with the WICKED by your timorousness .
14 During the shillyshallying over Syria he was painted as a blustering Wizard of Oz, hiding his timorousness behind a curtain.
15 She left her chair in a great hurry, and proceeded to embrace her young guest tenderly, though with a little timorousness .
16 His natural timorousness of nature had indeed led him to put off making the visit for as long a time as possible.
Другие примеры для термина "timorousness"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
Translations for timorousness