How to use "shy" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "shy" in popular movie and book plots

  • Astley is a shy Englishman who seems to share Alexei's fondness of Polina.  - The Gambler (novel)
  • Jack seeks to redeem himself by helping Parry find love again and sets him up with Lydia, a shy accountant for a Manhattan publishing house.  - The Fisher King
  • Edwin (Bennett), an innocent and shy young man, is hit by a nude man falling from a high-rise building while carrying a chandelier.  - Percy (film)
  • The plan takes a while to get off the ground, because Carmelo is very shy and Rosalia is more than a match in conjugal fidelity.  - Divorce Italian Style
  • He is shy with her, but he enlists Neruda's help.  - Il Postino: The Postman
  • Alisdair proves to be a shy and diffident man, who is jokingly called "old dry balls" by his Māori neighbours.  - The Piano
  • In the autumn of 1959, shy Todd Anderson begins his senior year of high school at Welton Academy, an all-male, elite prep school.  - Dead Poets Society
  • A few months shy of her sixteenth birthday, she has risen to the top of the high school social scene.  - Clueless (film)
  • Maggie (Liane Curtis) is a shy high school girl that isn't very good with men.  - Girlfriend from Hell
  • Clarence, the shy choir boy turned sailor, asks Joe to teach him how to get girls.  - Anchors Aweigh (film)
  • Garth has doubts about the deal, but is too shy to say anything to Wayne; the pair therefore accept the offer.  - Wayne's World (film)
  • Among the many guests is physicist Pierre Curie (Walter Pidgeon), an extremely shy and absentminded man completely devoted to his work.  - Madame Curie (film)
  • In this version, the Cinderella character is unusually beautiful, but also a shy enigma.  - Cinderella
  • The sisters introduce themselves to the handsome shy boy, Laurie, who is the age of Jo.  - Little Women
  • He gradually gains the shy Adrian's trust, culminating in a kiss.  - Rocky
  • Despite this, she gradually develops feelings for Piro, though she is too shy to admit them.  - Megatokyo

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