diffident

How To Use diffident In A Sentence

• The old, merry Whiting looked sideways at Richard, then the round face assumed an expression of diffident humility for Mr. Hanks. Morgan’s Run
• Despite a shy and diffident manner,(Sentence dictionary) Davison was a hard-working and gifted teacher of endless patience.
• Mr. V.V. stood by a spindly table, carefully examining a small but costly vase, the property of Mr. Heth, of the Cheroot Works; and now he went on with a kind of diffident resolution, the air of one who gives a confidence with difficulty, but must do so now, for his honor. V. V.'s Eyes
• His capacity for taking the mickey out of defences was also legendary even though he could be diffident in front of goal in a way that Finney would have found unnatural.
• We are told, and can well believe it, that he was "diffident" of Sir Walter's designs. Some Diversions of a Man of Letters
• He was diffident about his achievements, in contrast to the self-aggrandisement common to autobiographers.
• Do you know," Thorpe began again, with a kind of diffident hesitation -- "do you happen to have formed an idea -- supposing that had been the case -- would she have accepted him? The Market-Place
• Perhaps he was too amiable, too diffident and conciliatory in his approach. The American Nation: A History of the United States to 1877
• He was as diffident as you would expect, and, as with most famous people, my main thought upon seeing him in the flesh was that he looked just like he does on television.
• Middle- and lower-class women travelling overseas with and for their menfolk could be less diffident. The Ordeal of Elizabeth Marsh: A Woman in World History