"I was ashamed, too shy to tell him I didn't know how to pray, " Leuco wrote.
He was too shy to pursue other girls, even when the payoff seemed either likely or worth the agony.
They can also shoo away one of the many macaques that are not too shy to steal food directly from the landing klotoks.
And, in the gay community, we're too shy about being who we are, especially if we find ourselves in seemingly hostile or unwelcoming territory.
Many schools are so violent that pupils fear to walk through the vandalised gates, or have no lavatories, making girls too shy to attend.
At a Labor Day cookout in Malibu this year he was too shy to introduce his 10-year-old son to an employee, Burn Notice star Jeffrey Donovan.
Is your brand an introvert standing away from the dance floor too shy to ask for a dance or does your brand have the confidence to walk up to the bar and introduce itself to the most gorgeous person standing there.
Don't be shy -- although I don't think there are too many shy people here. (Laughter.) But ask some good questions.
Party chairman Grant Shapps suggested the Conservatives had been too "shy" about trumpeting what they had done to support low and middle-income earners in tough times.
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Opening the four-day conference, party chairman Grant Shapps suggested the Conservatives had been too "shy" about trumpeting what they had done to support low and middle-income earners in tough times.
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Indeed, the not-too-shy Barry Ritholtz of Fusioninvest.com sounded off some days ago, ladling 85% of the blame for the crisis onto Greenspan and an inexplicable 15% onto his successor, Ben Bernanke.
For example, if it is priced too high, physicians and payers may shy away from prescribing or reimbursing it because they might perceive that the drug provides too little benefit for the added cost.
Anonymity and pseudonymity are prized too: many online hangouts shy away from insisting on the use of real names, which tends to make people behave better.
Although some suggest Mr Romney has reason to be shy of boasting too much, he apparently used his business skills and a certain amount of flair to save an event that was deep in trouble: over budget and, in the minds of many, headed towards a failure that would humiliate America.
Not that the publicity-shy Abramovich will be too worried about his popularity rating.
Yet far too many philanthropists and non-profits shy away from setting goals and measuring progress.
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Borrowing in China and has become more difficult, too, though, so manufacturers may shy away from longer supply chains and the risks they carry, including getting inventory stuck in transit, particularly in industries with short product cycles or high spoilage.
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Anthony Lewis, who retired in 2001 and died this March two days shy of his 86th birthday, was insufferably smug too.
Remini too was forced to address a topic many in her position typically shy away from: her involvement in the Church of Scientology.
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