Definition: 1. Nervous or embarrassed about meeting and speaking to other people. 2. Afraid of doing something. 3. Avoiding or not liking the thing mentioned.
Use 'shy' in a sentence:
1. She was a shy and retiring person off-stage.
2. You should not be shy of having your say in the running of the school.
3. Bernadette gave him a shy, sisterly kiss.
4. She was too shy to ask anyone for help.
5. Inarticulate and rather shy, he had always dreaded speaking in public.
6. The panda is a shy creature.
7. She was quiet and shy.
8. They're kind of shy.
9. Asian women are more modest and shy, yet they tend to have an inner force.
10. He's pretty shy.
11. Jessica died Monday. She was one week shy of her 13th birthday.
12. He was shy and nervous as a boy, and unhappy at school.
13. At first I thought he was shy, but then I discovered he was just not interested in other people.
14. He was a quiet shy man.
15. He disliked her and had never been shy of saying so.
16. The band has never been shy of publicity.
17. He died two days shy of his 95th birthday.
18. He's always been work-shy.
19. She played the role of a meek, innocent, shy girl. I don't know who she was trying to kid.
20. We frequently shy away from making decisions.
21. Her normally shy son had come out of his shell.
22. John has strong opinions and he's not shy about sharing them.
23. Their son was painfully shy.
24. You're too shy.
25. I suddenly came over all shy.
26. Don't be shy ─ come and say hello.
27. Paul was a shy, pleasant, solitary man.
28. I feel awkward and shy in company.
29. Don't be shy─come and say hello.
30. Successive governments have fought shy of such measures.
31. She's a shy girl who needs friends to bring her out of herself.
32. Painfully shy, he finally summoned up courage to ask her to a game.
33. The Democrats are three votes shy of a majority.
34. He gave a shy smile and a little twist of his head.
35. Amy was very shy.
36. I was too shy.
37. He's too shy to ask her out.
38. She's very shy with adults.
39. He's quiet and a bit on the shy side.
40. He was a shy, sometimes unhappy man.
41. He was a shy, self-effacing man.
42. As a teenager I was painfully shy .
43. He used to be very shy, but now he's gone to the opposite extreme.
44. She was shy and reticent.
45. As a teenager I was painfully shy.
46. According to Mandy, Pat's tough exterior hides a shy and sensitive soul.
47. I'm not shy.
48. She was a shy, quiet girl.
49. The children were shy at first, but soon lost their inhibitions.
