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diffident sentence examples

  • Language can still be a tricky area and can make people feel diffident in their work.
  • He distinguishes between the first and second category, tho in a rather diffident manner.
  • Diffident young man in his early twenties.
  • This year we particularly want to encourage entries from for-profit service providers, who have seemed diffident about putting themselves forward.
  • Richard sailed to england but was too diffident to visit his father's relatives.
  • Diffident manner.
  • Building up the courage to visit a doctor you may feel very diffident or even scared at the prospect of going to a doctor.
  • Diffident allies in the war on terror, they are not america's enemies.
  • Knows better, and is not diffident about saying so.
  • Diffident approaches from london.
  • At long last after a somewhat diffident introduction with transport and tanker aircraft royal auxiliary air force aircrew are now to fly tornado aircraft.
  • Diffident, languid character, he tends to take most things in his stride.
  • For twelve years he will remain tentative and perhaps even diffident in the elaboration of his conviction.
  • Diffident way!

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