1
as in bashfulness
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as in humility
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shyness
Noun
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Companies that act now—with humility, rigor and transparency—won’t just comply.—
Romain Pison,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025 -
Expertise demands lifelong humility, rigor and self-correction, much of it invisible to the public eye.—
Venktesh Ramnath,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 May 2025
Noun
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The press had assembled to watch Earhart soar, and instead witnessed an embarrassment.—
Laurie Gwen Shapiro,
New Yorker,
2 June 2025
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King, whose chapter represents Treasury employees in the D.C. area, accused the national union of just hoping the internal problem goes away, and instead the issue is creating an embarrassment.—
Erin Mansfield,
USA Today,
29 May 2025
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Most Canadians want uncomplicated lives, a desire for calm that can be misinterpreted by louder people as meekness.—
Chris Jones,
The Atlantic,
14 Mar. 2025
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Standing next to a record player in a sports jacket and turtleneck, Kaufman, with a kind of bulging meekness, a glisteningly gleeful timidity, puts the needle on the record.—
James Parker,
The Atlantic,
10 Feb. 2025
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Febos appreciates the laughable modesty of her goal.—
Faith Hill,
The Atlantic,
2 June 2025
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Chief Justice John Roberts, one of the swing votes in CASA, is not always known for judicial modesty.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 May 2025
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Practices like meditation or simply taking a moment to pause before switching tasks, help strengthen networks connected to the prefrontal cortex—the region that is notably involved in planning, inhibition and sustained attention.—
Lauryn Higgins,
Flow Space,
27 May 2025
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This allows hurricanes to form and sustain longer without inhibition or limiting.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
22 May 2025
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His object is to isolate and mimic the rudiments of human sociability.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
25 May 2025
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Classic research from the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology suggests that women consider the eyes when rating attractiveness, largely in order to assess sociability and approachableness.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2025
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Ditto his distinctive appearance, trumped only by a persuasive smile that conveyed an innocence and friendliness somewhat at odds with his braggadocio tales and hedonistic tendencies.—
Bob Gendron,
Chicago Tribune,
23 May 2025
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Trump-crown prince flaunt friendliness despite controversy Trump kicked off his speech at the U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum on Tuesday by praising the crown prince and the country of Saudi Arabia for their hospitality and friendship.—
Alex Gangitano,
The Hill,
13 May 2025
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But while Trump and Putin speak of each other with cordiality, relations are testier between the two countries than the rhetoric would indicate.—
Astha Rajvanshi,
NBC news,
26 May 2025
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His finest strengths are personality and cordiality, and both were amplified on the stage.—
Bob Gendron,
Chicago Tribune,
23 May 2025
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“Shyness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shyness. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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