| 单词 | diffident |
| 例句 | He was a slight man of about thirty-two with tan hair and brown diffident eyes. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He could hear her panting now, her voice almost a wail of diffident yet iron determination: “I dont know what to do. I dont know what to do.” Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z I could see she despised me, marking with all the snobbery of her class that I was no great lady, that I was humble, shy and diffident. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z She was a practical, worldly, diffident woman, and her modem, pragmatic character was a serious obstacle to telepathy. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Pigeons could be made to look like roosters and peacocks, and dogs made short-haired, long-haired, pied, piebald, bowlegged, hairless, crop-tailed, vicious, mild-mannered, diffident, guarded, belligerent. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z There were diffident raps on the factory window. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z A provincial schoolteacher of humble origins, unknown to all but a few mathematicians, Kepler was diffident about Tycho’s offer. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “You think her diffident. I do not see it.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z His voice was diffident, careless, but his face was still grey. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I stand in the ghetto classroom—‘the guest speaker’—attempting to lecture on the mystery of the sounds of our words to rows of diffident students. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z His parents are diffident around Maxine, at first keeping their distance, not boisterous as they typically are around their Bengali friends. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z A British reporter covering the trial marveled at "this crew-cut, diffident, simple, rather polite man, surrounded by the entire apparatus of Soviet law." Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z During the proceedings, the magistrate was diffident and uneasy, and would not look at me directly. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Silent, waiting for the bell to sound, I remained dazed, diffident, afraid. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Compared to the diffident, incoherent speaker I had seen six months earlier in Southern California, he was unrecognizable. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z His eyes were soft and irisless and brown, and suddenly I saw Roskus watching me from behind all his whitefolks’ claptrap of uniforms and politics and Harvard manner, diffident, secret, inarticulate and sad. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z When she left off—and she had not laughed languidly, but with real enjoyment—I said, in my diffident way with her,— Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Tydeman agrees, finding the writer "diffident and quiet, willing to listen to advice but with firmly held views on certain aspects of the text or production". Caryl Churchill, by the people who know her best 2012-10-03T17:44:37Z At such moments he comes across as diffident, courteous and a bit embarrassed to find himself in our company. Theater Review: ‘A Celebration of Harold Pinter,’ Directed by John Malkovich 2012-10-17T02:00:10Z In public, he was diffident, unemphatic, he would not play the game; he wouldn’t even make a rousing speech for his supporters. A Great Writer at the 1968 Democratic Disaster 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z In her prologue, Burton cites Sarah Manguso’s diffident directive: “You might as well start by confessing your deepest shame. Anything else would just be exposition.” She Ate and Ate, and Never Felt Satisfied 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z Maybe it’s a defiant cry from a writer who has accused his younger self of being bashful, diffident and very, very repressed. Books of The Times: ?Smut: Stories? by Alan Bennett ? Review 2011-12-29T23:29:06Z Harry Burns, Scotland's chief medical officer, who had been by far the most diffident member of the Glasgow team in the green room, was red-hot on the buzzer. My University Challenge humiliation 2013-01-02T12:52:02Z This isn’t to suggest that he was modest or diffident. Good Night, Sweet Prince 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z Her playing was diffident, her sound mousy and lackluster. Review: A Perfectly Acceptable Slice of Bach 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z In the past decade, we’ve seen a flood of indie comedies about the diffident dating habits of young people living in American cities. Hollywood, Separate and Unequal 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z The diffident lad is given medication for an attention deficit disorder that temporarily transforms him into a confident near genius. Beginners ? review 2011-07-23T23:05:49Z But Sam is much more diffident and unsure when it comes to facing her future. Review: In ‘Somebody Somewhere,’ Home Is Like No Place 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z With his preppy shirts, earnest, toothy grin and diffident manner, Kinney – a 41-year-old father of two and self-confessed former computer games addict – was probably never picked first for the school football team. Jeff Kinney: 'People ask me, is Greg really you?' 2012-12-01T00:05:34Z They are diffident when pretending to be who they really are and magnificent when uttering Anouilh’s lines. Movie Review: ‘You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet,’ by Alain Resnais 2013-06-07T00:57:27Z Sage, like many children of superachieving parents, is diffident and a little adrift. Review: In ‘Grandma,’ Lily Tomlin Energizes an Intergenerational Road Trip 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z Ms. Rupp and Mr. Fuller, the old pros, are effortlessly funny, and Mr. Cooke is appealing as the diffident Ben, but they’d be better with different material. | 'Better With You': Three Couples, Three Different Stages of Romance 2010-09-21T22:55:00Z He was, in his diffident way, a man of the world. My hero: Victoria Glendinning on John Gross 2011-01-15T00:06:05Z All the more so because both Herschel and Ben are played by Seth Rogen, who does the bewhiskered Yiddish thing and the diffident millennial thing with equal craftiness. ‘An American Pickle’ Review: Keeping It Kosher 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z This scene appears in the brilliant "The Devastating Boys", in which, commanded by her "quelling" husband, the diffident Laura looks after two young Londoners for the summer. The other Elizabeth Taylor's Complete Short Stories 2012-07-06T21:55:05Z In “Words Without Music”, the 78-year-old composer’s illuminating and at-times diffident memoir, Glass describes his musical journey, which began at Baltimore’s Peabody Conservatory, where he took flute lessons starting at age 8. ‘Words Without Music’: A look inside Philip Glass’s creative genius 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z Mr. Miller brings a subdued appeal to the diffident Elliot, whose self-deprecating humor is combined with a bookish romantic swagger. | 'Completeness': ?Completeness,? by Itamar Moses - Review 2011-09-14T02:01:02Z She was a very shy girl, very diffident. Diana would "entirely agree with Harry's assessment of the royal family," says royals expert 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z Obama, who spent much of the debate looking down at his notepad, was low-key, mild and diffident. Debate Watch: Obama Eats Up the Clock, But Romney Sets the Agenda 2012-10-04T11:19:54Z Algy Banister is the diffident and spiritually troubled second son of a wealthy country gentleman whose heir dies unexpectedly of a burst appendix. DJ Taylor on the Catholic novel 2010-09-17T23:06:00Z Unlike the diffident “Sweet and Sad” “Invasion!” is an aggressive work of theater. Critic?s Notebook: Richard Nelson and Jonas Hassen Khemiri?s Takes on 9/11 2011-09-21T22:01:28Z Today, Mr. Rosen argues, as new populist forces seek to undermine constitutional, democratic principles in the United States and abroad, it isn’t the activist Roosevelt that should be our touchstone but the more diffident Taft. ‘William Howard Taft’ Review: Taking the Bully Out of the Pulpit 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z But the result was sometimes merely diffident and coy — a gesture finally not unlike hippies putting flowers in the rifle barrels of the National Guard. Loss permeates Jim Hodges' art; prepare for heartbreak 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z The novella and the opera do more than describe the closet, with its anxiety and coded messages; detached and diffident, they feel closeted themselves. Critic’s Notebook: Britten’s ‘Billy Budd’ Has the Gay Closet as Its Subtext 2012-07-03T21:36:04Z He was full of questions and diffident about his achievements. The strange life of Tim Guest 2010-03-28T00:05:00Z Mr. Jung is equally credible as a diffident, sensitive artist and an impatient boor, and Ms. Kim slides nimbly from demure to obnoxious. Review: In ‘Right Now, Wrong Then,’ a Double Take and Its Choices 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z But Binoche, looking handsome and almost fragile in a tailored black pantsuit, gives off no hint of bogus pretension or of the diffident, superior boredom that emanates from other French movie stars. Juliette Binoche on her new Tuscan-seductress role 2011-03-12T22:01:00Z He was diffident about engaging with it, and as a result, his career, after a much-noticed start in the 1960s — biennials, prizes — slowed way down outside of France where, at 90, he still lives. At 90, This Artist Is Still Opening Doors of Perception 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z Mr. Salonen’s piece was light years removed from the performance that opened Friday’s concert: a diffident, sometimes messy reading of Brahms’s Violin Concerto by Leonidas Kavakos. Review: Squeezing Music Made for One Hall Into the Geffen 2017-05-21T04:00:00Z So that’s how I sang the song the second time through, diffident at first, then increasingly joyful. A Brief Tussle with the Great American Songbook 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z A somewhat appealingly diffident presence, Ms. Woodley has a talent for carving out a little pocket of intimacy on-screen, which is why she’s good at bringing you into a character’s head space. Review: ‘Insurgent’ Brandishes a Tougher Shailene Woodley 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z He deplores the “diffident cough” in Mr. Buruma’s writing and finds him “courteous and amiable” to a fault. Books of The Times: Paul Berman?s ?Flight of the Intellectuals? 2010-05-02T21:52:00Z One of Albert’s co-workers describes him, less kindly, as a “freak,” and there is certainly something odd about this elfin, diffident, ginger-haired fellow, who attends to his duties with fastidious care. | 'Albert Nobbs': ?Albert Nobbs? ? Movie Review 2011-12-20T16:46:28Z So declares May Attaway, a diffident professional gardener who undertakes four road trips to see fallen-away girlfriends in hopes of discovering not who she was but how she’s become who she is. Down but Not Out: Fiction Filled With Second Chances 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z He seems gentle, diffident but steely underneath, while there’s a sparkle to her, and a healthy dash of punk spicing her earth-mother serenity. A Childhood Eden Seared by Violence. Set to Music? 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z “The Flight of the Intellectuals” is anything but diffident, and watching Mr. Berman pursue his philosophical prey is a bit like playing an academic version of a first-person-shooter video game: Modern Warfare: Bandit Pundit Edition. Books of The Times: Paul Berman?s ?Flight of the Intellectuals? 2010-05-02T21:52:00Z Readers with their own passions and insecurities will relate to diffident Buck as he braves dark caverns and his social fears. Our top three children’s and YA books to start off your new year 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z He also experiences a frustration common to many filmmakers when he tries to direct a video featuring a young fighter whose diffident, hip-hop-inflected performance style doesn’t quite strike the right tone. ‘Timbuktu,’ an Abderrahmane Sissako Film About Radical Islam 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z Directed by the action maven Justin Lin from a script by Simon Pegg and Doug Jung, the film answers the question “Beyond what?” with a diffident “Well, nothing, really. Don’t worry!” Review: ‘Star Trek Beyond’ Sticks to Its Brand. That’s Not Necessarily Bad. 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z Nick is more diffident and watchful, and it is easier to sympathize with someone tormented by the death of his mother and the toxic legacy of his father’s neglect. Movie Review: Paul Weitz?s ?Being Flynn,? Starring Robert De Niro 2012-03-01T22:37:28Z The humor in the new show is of a different variety, though — softer, more diffident, more resigned, with an ephemeral, storybook quality. Review: The Lighter Side of Life After Prison 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z He’s the watchful, sensitive second child; the diffident husband; the attentive father; the awkward but devoted friend. In William Maxwell’s Fiction, a Vivid, Varied Tableau of Midwestern Life 2021-08-23T04:00:00Z The postwar reconstruction retained the old city's street plan, so the scale of things remains relatively diffident: inside the Ring, the blocks are small, the sightlines are short and the buildings are pokey. T Magazine: Grand Teuton 2012-11-12T16:00:53Z Which brings me back to Washington, whose trajectory from weary, diffident soldier to raving, self-immolating maniac is astonishing to behold. ‘Tragedy of Macbeth’ Review: The Thane, Insane, Slays Mainly in Dunsinane 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z Curators describe his leadership style as being much like his personality — that of a diffident, deliberative Briton who preaches hard work and dislikes drama and grandstanding. The Met?s Virtual Expansion Plans 2011-02-11T13:00:00Z It can lead some people — and here’s my own diffident cough — to impulsive action. Books of The Times: Paul Berman?s ?Flight of the Intellectuals? 2010-05-02T21:52:00Z There was a matter-of-fact briskness to the first movement and a sweet, but slightly diffident lightness to the andante. Orpheus Chamber Orchestra at Carnegie Hall 2015-02-08T05:00:00Z But in that case movies don't matter either, and the chronically diffident Gus Van Sant is not the guy to argue otherwise. Cannes: Gus Van Sant's emo remake of "Love Story" 2011-05-13T18:14:00Z The robes of ducal ceremony, which he briefly dons to reassert his rightful authority, suit this diffident Prospero no more comfortably than his magic cloak. Theater Review | 'The Tempest': Air Sprite, Feral Creature, Rapturous Love and Other Sorcery 2010-02-26T03:15:00Z She hardly raises her voice; even when she snarls, in the bustling “Greenwich Mean Time,” it’s a diffident snarl. 2010-01-23T15:48:00Z Seemingly diffident in manner, he was given to wild outbursts in performance that nevertheless seemed calculated and generally controlled. Music in Review: JUHO POHJONEN 2011-11-04T22:26:42Z Coppola was far more confident and outgoing; he saw himself as an auteur and a leader, while the diffident Lucas concentrated on every detail in putting a film together. The folly of Empire: how Star Wars menaced Hollywood 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z He delivers a speech as a diffident high school student on the Elks Club’s discriminatory racial practices and sparks a media whirlwind that calls national attention to the issue. Lost on Broadway: Michael Moore's 'The Terms of My Surrender' is a well-meaning misfire 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z Fate quickly conspires to make this diffident young man a cold-blooded killer. 'A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder' kills it at the Ahmanson 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z Mr. Jones, a Navy veteran, played a diffident, prank-loving junior officer aboard a destroyer in the series, which preceded “The Wonderful World of Disney” on NBC’s Sunday night schedule. Dean Jones, Star of Disney’s ‘The Love Bug,’ Dies at 84 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z The parallels are comically human: the small but pugilistic cactus, the cheerfully plump one, the tall but diffident wraith. Martin Creed: Down Over Up; Richard Wright: The Stairwell Project; Joan Mitchell 2010-08-07T23:05:00Z Bird is exceptionally diffident – and not in that put-on, actorly, "little old me?" fashion. Simon Bird spreads his wings 2011-02-20T00:05:18Z As we know, in diffident British English, “quite a bit” means quite a lot. St. Pancras International was London’s Valentine to Europe 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z Ditlevsen’s voice, diffident and funny, dead-on about her own mistakes, is a welcome addition to that canon of women who showed us their secret faces so that we might wear our own. Beyond the Cruel Facts of Her Life Are Truths That Cut Deep 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z Yola describes “Walk Through Fire” as “a breakup record” with her diffident former self. Behind a ‘Best New Artist’ Nod: Yola’s 20 Years of Experience 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z The band is after something more plaintive and thoughtful, more diffident. Music Review: London Grammar, British Pop Band, Avoids the Cliché 2014-01-16T23:27:43Z His on-stage manner is diffident, almost apologetic, but this does not translate to his confident and wonderfully smooth playing. Emanuel Ax ? review 2011-03-23T17:43:10Z Craving the big city, she departed for London soon afterwards with her diffident, scowling best friend Freda in tow. First novels roundup – reviews 2012-06-29T21:55:05Z Salter, whose manner can be diffident, thought for a moment. James Salter: the forgotten hero of American literature 2013-05-11T13:30:01Z He does, though, have what might be called a persona: the dapper, diffident gent. Christopher Nolan: from superheroes to Dunkirk’s small tales of heroism | the Observer profile 2017-07-22T04:00:00Z It’s not just that Lucy is noisy, tall and blond, while Jenny is diffident and darker-haired. Movie Review: ‘Union Square,’ by Nancy Savoca, With Mira Sorvino 2012-07-12T23:12:20Z The songs from “Where It Goes” were gentle and diffident, full of pretty fingerpicking and the regrets and longing surrounding a breakup. Music Review: Golden Palominos, With Lianne Smith and Lori Carson 2012-12-31T22:51:39Z Downstairs, the diffident, intensely self-conscious paintings of Alex Kwartler’s “Snowflake” are named after poems by Frank O’Hara and Emily Dickinson, among others, but the poet they made me think of was A.R. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z An elegant, diffident figure with a thatch of fair hair and an engagingly lop-sided smile, Astor combined modesty, idealism and astonishing generosity with a steely determination. David Astor: The pioneering editor who loved an underdog 2011-04-02T23:09:52Z A diffident young woman obliged into an unhappy marriage with her sickly cousin Camille, Thérèse begins a torrid affair with her husband's oldest friend. Long Beach Opera puts its own spin on 'Thérèse Raquin' 2015-01-25T05:00:00Z Forget Whistler’s diffident mother; this is Supermom — also for good or ill. Artist Aaron Fowler's work at Diane Rosenstein: Loaded in more ways than one 2016-02-27T05:00:00Z Morrow, our guide through this murkiness, has to be one of the most diffident detectives ever to pound a major crime fiction beat. Denise Mina’s ‘Blood, Salt, Water’: An atmospheric, chilling thriller 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z At moments like these, McConnell is a funny mix of old-fashioned courtesy, diffident restraint and pugnacious certainty. The dad who gave birth: ‘Being pregnant doesn't change me being a trans man’ 2019-04-20T04:00:00Z The performances of Michael C. Hall as the diffident psychopath Dexter Morgan and Jennifer Carpenter as his ferocious, intensely vulnerable, hilariously profane adopted sister, Deb, are the yin and yang of the series. ArtsBeat: Channel Surfing: ‘Dexter’ 2013-06-28T16:01:20Z A high court judge famously branded him as "devious, truculent and unreliable", and in interviews he has always appeared diffident, a touch arrogant and always uncomfortable. Big mouth strikes (once) again 2010-09-03T20:30:00Z But Tom, a diffident veterinarian, was dithering and ineffectual, while Cromwell is, as the play’s director, Jeremy Herrin, said by telephone, “Effectual with a capital E.” Ben Miles Takes on ‘Wolf Hall’ Onstage 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z Jack is more diffident and less emphatically representative. | 'Jack Goes Boating': Learning to Swim in the Deep End of Life?s Pool 2010-09-17T00:05:00Z The essence of Seshadri’s writing is conversation, and that conversation is coiling and liquid, not diffident. A Poet Who Mesmerizes by Zigs and Zags, Hopping From Idea to Idea 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z “He had them make the ceramics right here,” said Mr. Prieto, whose grandparents lobbied hard to persuade the diffident Barragán to build a house for them and their brood of children. Finding Mexico City, and Luis Barragán, Again 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z In “The Other Side of the Mirror,” Mr. Dylan, skinny and diffident, shows up in Newport as, depending on the year and the point of view, a young pretender, a crown prince or a renegade. Critic?s Notebook: His Back Pages, Captured on Film 2011-05-17T19:00:20Z They opened their show with a purposely diffident “Is This It,” the title track from their 2001 debut album. Critic?s Notebook: At the Garden, a Retirement and a Resuscitation 2011-04-03T21:54:34Z Mary’s sense of destiny, Tom’s steadiness, Alistair’s diffident gentility — all of these harden, rather than develop, as the novel runs its course. Chris Cleave’s ‘Everyone Brave Is Forgiven,’ about love and redemption in WWII 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z Similarly, the 2008 Trio for horn, violin and piano, despite its more rambunctious surface and wide expressive range, is oddly diffident. Huw Watkins Day – review 2013-02-12T17:38:44Z He’s not the proud father of Phoebe up there, he’s the distant, diffident father of Jessica. Jonathan Pryce puts a new stamp on Shylock 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z Sort of uptight yet dishy, he hits the sweet spot with his tortured, diffident, difficult hero, who is desperately lonely and in need of TLC from everyone in the cinema auditorium. The King's Speech gets a royal reception 2011-01-14T19:21:22Z My favorite of the American films, Ingrid Jungermann’s “Women Who Kill,” is a comedy so low-key and diffident, not to mention morbid, that it can take several beats to catch on to the jokes. The Tribeca Film Festival at 15: A Packed Lineup 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z Louis C. K.’s routine mostly take a wickedly scatological look at life after divorce — raising children, dating and aging — but his delivery is low key and even diffident. | 'Louie': Louis C.K.?s New Comedy on FX 2010-06-28T22:37:00Z A diffident performer, she sang for a time, one hand on the mike, the other in the pocket of her pink-lined Chanel suit. Marianne Faithfull, as Years Go By 2011-12-23T21:47:23Z He’s persuasive as a diffident, paralyzed high school star with buried anger at his father. N.B.A. Pros on the Big Screen: Can These Stars Act? 2021-07-19T04:00:00Z Fulminating with contempt for England and disdain for the daily grind, he bangs out vitriolic screeds on an old typewriter, the confrontational prose at odds with his diffident manner. Review: ‘England Is Mine,’ a Portrait of Morrissey’s Early Years 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z Clubgoers less diffident than I reported that Williams was approachable and friendly enough in those environments, but I never saw him talk to anyone. Robin Williams’s inexhaustible comic force: An eccentric, electric performer who fought his demons onscreen 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z But I met its diffident director only once. Pat Jackson obituary 2011-07-12T18:12:54Z Too often it has a diffident, distracted air. Books of The Times: Jack Rakove?s ?Revolutionaries,? Founding Fathers 2010-05-30T21:07:00Z Josh Hamilton, in the appealingly diffident role of Josh, apologizes for bothering Sandy after bringing up the fact that months into the job he still doesn’t have an ID and has yet to be paid. Annie Baker's 'Antipodes' opens a door to the coveted writers room 2017-04-23T04:00:00Z The one place he prefers not to speak is in his classroom, to his diffident students. ‘Lucky Hank’ Review: Better Call Solecism 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z Almost as an aside it starkly contrasts the halting voice of the diffident Bertie with the savage bark of Hitler shown in newsreels, and implies that mass communications are leading history into scary unknown territory. The Oscars: The Prince and the Uncommon Commoner 2010-12-31T18:57:13Z Those songwriters were backed by neatly understated studio bands that could play upbeat folk-rock or diffident ballads — with a flute, perhaps, along with a drummer with a light touch and some unobtrusive female singers. Music Review: Christopher Owens at the Bowery Ballroom 2013-01-22T22:15:24Z Of course he also lingers — kibitzing, meddling and prying in his genial, diffident way — because he is entranced by Kate herself. | 'Around a Small Mountain': A Village Circus From Jacques Rivette 2010-07-08T21:39:00Z His manner is diffident and reserved, but the music-making is intense, full of character and rendered on the highest technical level. Some ‘perfect cello playing’ by Marc Coppey 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z It isn’t diffident or condescending as it first seemed, rather it’s casual, assured. 41 Days, 26 Shows, 10 Countries: A Rock Tour Diary 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z Beck's diffident, vegetarian, ever-curious and youthful demeanour belied a deep musical wisdom, reminding us that musical creativity and individuality comes from a desire not to impress others, but to express ourselves. Jeff Beck: The unorthodox techniques that made him such a unique guitarist 2023-01-15T05:00:00Z Off screen, wandering into a cafe in Manhattan, he is mildly diffident, like someone who might try to read a book while walking along. Paul Dano on acting, love and embarrassing parents: 'They have way too many pictures of me' 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z In life, Newman remained diffident on the subject; it was his way. Review | What Paul Newman wanted us to know about him — or perhaps didn’t 2022-10-16T04:00:00Z Earl is quiet and diffident, except to express surprisingly right-wing politics. Review: Andrew Holleran should be a giant of queer literature. His new novel on aging proves it 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z His final poll ratings were mixed, though he had overcome some of the initial trepidation that he was cold and diffident. With unprecedented spending, Caruso is everywhere. Can the billionaire become overexposed? 2022-06-06T04:00:00Z But he also called him an awkward dancer and diffident public speaker. Who is Elon Musk? 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z According to his biographer, Dr. Wiles comes across as a “diffident” man who dislikes publicity. The Texas Oil Heir Who Took On Math’s Impossible Dare 2022-01-31T05:00:00Z The quiet, rather diffident, candidate was happy to leave others to deal with the media inquisition. Ashok Kumar: Teesside's gentle, tenacious and respected pioneer 2021-11-07T04:00:00Z He was a diffident debutante with a distaste for politics. Opinion | Behold Barack Antoinette 2021-08-14T04:00:00Z “We were a little diffident about saying, ‘Even though these things are prohibited by criminal law, we don’t care,’ ” Pound said. The doping rules that cost Sha’Carri Richardson have a debated, political history 2021-07-03T04:00:00Z They were only slightly less diffident after the deed was done. Opinion | The cancel-culture Republicans just canceled Liz Cheney 2021-05-12T04:00:00Z When I tried to draw her out on the relationship between her writing and politics, however, she was diffident. In politics and novels, Stacey Abrams is 'definitely a plotter' 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z The diffident Mr. Collins, who died April 28 at 90, later brushed off the comparison to the biblical first man, but he admitted to feeling petrified. Michael Collins, Apollo 11 astronaut, dies at 90 2021-04-28T04:00:00Z The diffident Collins, who died Monday at 90, later brushed off the comparison to the biblical first man, but he admitted to feeling petrified. Michael Collins, command module pilot on Apollo 11, dies at 90 2021-04-28T04:00:00Z It also raises the worry about writerly futility before closing with a diffident call for community, hope and faith in the possible. Review | Delusions, justice, accountability and freedom in America 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z But he seemed diffident about them when we spoke and finally admitted that since the pandemic began all of his carefully husbanded nervousness has been consumed by life rather than work. Charlie Kaufman is so over COVID — and Hollywood 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z Candace is sharp, sardonic, and before the world ends, slightly diffident. Reader, I would have married him but we had the plague: a dystopian reading list 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z That would show you are still diffident about your art and would also debase you. Poem: At Least 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z He was a bit of a bristlecone himself: deliberate, diffident, bemused. The Past and the Future of the Earth’s Oldest Trees 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z “Maybe a little diffident. You use phrases like ‘I am eager’ and ‘I am thrilled.'” Talk up your work or get left behind. Here’s how. | Produced by Advertising Publications 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z Its complacency was personified by the Gandhi family, whose members dominated the Party but appeared diffident and out of touch. Blood and Soil in Narendra Modi’s India 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z Mr. Diamonstein was generally reluctant to draw attention to himself, but he occasionally allowed a glimmer of his diffident charm to shine through in an interview. Alan Diamonstein, power broker in Virginia Democratic Party, dies at 88 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z Mr. Cummings, a spindly, socially diffident, unsmiling figure, spoke next. Opinion | The ‘Political Anarchist’ Behind Britain’s Chaos 2019-09-07T04:00:00Z In reality, Mr. Bayh was less diffident than disoriented by being thrust into the national spotlight. Obama and Biden’s Relationship Looks Rosy. It Wasn’t Always That Simple. 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z What is perhaps surprising is that two politicians who have a reputation for being carefully spoken, even diffident, have now come out guns blazing. 'You have to face a bully': Castro brothers unite against Trump's race-baiting 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z There was much in Wednesday’s performance, at least after an oddly diffident opening 20 minutes, from which Solksjær could draw encouragement. Solskjær needs to be more than just not-Mourinho at Manchester United | Jonathan Wilson 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z Muna, introduced as “Queen” opens, is an engaging main character, the diffident and amnesiac twin sister of Sakti, a powerful witch who also suffers from amnesia. 3 new science-fiction books showcase contributions women bring to the genre 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z Under the capital’s dim streetlights a diffident group of mostly young men gathers. 'I came to Peru to survive': the Venezuelans migrating for HIV drugs | Dan Collyns 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z With a diffident style, Mr. Tillerson won few friends in Congress, in the career foreign service, in the news media, on embassy row or, most importantly, in the White House. Trump Says Tillerson Is ‘Dumb as a Rock’ After Former Secretary of State Criticizes Him 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z In the pilot, Josh kisses a boy for the first time and begins, in an endearingly diffident style, life as a gay man. The Home-Cooked Pleasures of “Please Like Me” 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z And it’s true that, thanks to both its diffident hero and its resistance to easy romanticism, “First Man” is a surprisingly somber, occasionally inert, sometimes even off-putting enterprise. Review | ‘First Man’ is a solemn yet stirring look at the first moon landing 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z They are diffident and awkward in public, and appear to writhe in the spotlight. Our cult of personality is leaving real life in the shade | George Monbiot 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z He would make a joke, and laugh at himself, only to lose his confidence almost immediately and retreat behind a sheepish, diffident grin. How to be human: the man who was raised by wolves 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z For others, it’s a diffident Gallic shrug of a recommendation. ‘Papillon’: Prison-escape remake may test your endurance 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z It took some time, but the woman understood that the child was funny in her diffident and sideways way; the child understood that the woman was a terrific cook. “Under the Wave” 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z He’s forthright about his failures, and he’s diffident about his putative triumphs. Who Really Stands to Win from Universal Basic Income? 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z She was taught to be submissive and diffident, not curious and confident. Dear Dad 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z This new, less dilatory mode doesn’t ask to be understood, but haunts us with a bleakly dead-on, diffident humor about the pain of being alive. Read Any Antisocial Novels Lately? 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z In a more affluent family, Abdelruba — tall and athletic, and a touch diffident — might be expected to marry at his age. At Iraq’s polls, many voters seek patronage and jobs 2018-05-13T04:00:00Z “I’ve got interview fatigue,” he smiles before we have even sat down, and it is true that he can be quite diffident and reserved. Linton Kwesi Johnson: ‘It was a myth that immigrants didn’t want to fit into British society. We weren’t allowed’ 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z But her strictures are meant as much for diffident voters as for the president. Madeleine Albright’s guide to fascism, past and present 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z An “insubstantial man”, as he himself admits, he is diffident, filled with self-loathing, incapable of standing up to his bullying father. The damage overbearing fathers do to sons 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z The presence of the diffident duo raises questions about security at the world’s largest sporting event, following the last-minute addition of a North Korean delegation to next week’s Winter Games. North Korea’s Olympic Delegation Includes Two Mystery Men 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z Having commissioned and edited his work in the past, I can vouch for his terrier-like pursuit of the truth and his diffident charm when handling his subjects. Fire and Fury? Maybe Donald Trump is only just getting started | Matthew d’Ancona 2018-01-07T05:00:00Z “It’s clear Jones is positioned to pull off the upset because his supporters are unified and energized, and Moore’s are conflicted and diffident,” said Fox News pollster Daron Shaw. Analysis | The Daily 202: New DGA chair thinks Trump will be so toxic in 2018 that Dem candidates won’t need to name him 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z He is not some ultra-sophisticated ergonomic sprite, working by not working, his diffident wandering disguising a furious efficacy; all those games when he drifted around ineffectively in a reverie, he was just drifting around. Arsenal have refound their groove but fear remains that further lapses loom | Jonathan Wilson 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z He has alienated his own department with deep budget cuts and a diffident style while never bringing in a full team of his own. For Tillerson, Diplomatic Breakthrough With Trump Proves Elusive 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z Even as he introduced his pamphlet The Merchandising of Automobiles: An Address to Retailers, he still felt the need to include a diffident justification of his job's existence. How market research revolutionised advertising and shopping 2017-10-01T04:00:00Z "Personally, I find him sort of shy and diffident sometimes," but Knoepfler "doesn't shy away from contact with the mainstream media." The rise of unproven stem cell therapies turned this obscure scientist into an industry watchdog 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z But three years later, while preparing for a fellowship in California, she learns that mild, diffident Patrick is now sitting in the county jail, a high-school dropout charged with murder. Classroom failure drives memoir about the power of teaching 2017-07-12T04:00:00Z That explains why the national Democratic Party put up only a half-hearted fight and the nominee ended up being Quist, an amiable cowboy troubadour with a diffident campaign style and checkered personal financial history. Everyone's a winner! Or what to take away from that special congressional race in Montana 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z His manner is almost diffident, yet he’s steadfast in his purposefulness. ‘The Lost City of Z’ review: a man’s obsessive jungle quest 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z In Bartlett’s scenario, the coronation of Joy’s initially tentative, diffident Charles is soon at hand. ‘King Charles III’ imagines unsteady future for British royals 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z Who would doubt that this damaged, diffident hunk of brainpower would make Kendrick’s prim good girl swoon? In ‘The Accountant,’ Ben Affleck is part ‘A Beautiful Mind,’ part Batman 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z At first, his fixes seemed diffident and largely cosmetic. A New Cuba 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z Nobody could have guessed that one of the least charismatic, most diffident figures of the British left would emerge as the standard-bearer for a new kind of politics, at 66. Jeremy Corbyn: ‘People say I should be tougher. But it’s not my style’ 2016-09-17T04:00:00Z Speaking to reporters for the first time Tuesday, the diffident pilots insisted that the mission was no big deal. Pilots recount daring South Pole rescue mission: ‘A tiny little dot in that mass of black’ 2016-07-06T04:00:00Z But Kasich ran a diffident campaign and was only able to win one state – his own. John Kasich Is Just Sayin' 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z Elie Wiesel's smile was wry, diffident, a thin facade over the sadness imprinted in the weary eyes and deep creases of a face that mirrored his brutal past. Elie Wiesel was a witness to evil and a symbol of endurance 2016-07-03T04:00:00Z Obama had already sent a secret letter to Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei proposing negotiations but had received a diffident response. The Omani ‘back channel’ to Iran and the secrecy surrounding the nuclear deal 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z Possibly, with OK Computer’s 20th anniversary looming next May, we will see a huge bells-and-whistles reissue campaign for their back catalogue that will make Bob Dylan’s 18-disc The Cutting Edge 1965-1966 box set look diffident. Fake Plastic Streams: Radiohead's label carousel is really about creative control 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z The two traverse battles, angry mobs, blown-up buildings and Muslim customs that keep Fahim diffident and reserved against the Fey character's free-wheeling Western ways. Tina Fey's correspondent and her fixer in "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot" reminds a reporter of his past 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z Jeb Bush was a self-described introvert, a sometimes diffident policy wonk comfortable in his briefing books, who had jumped into an election fuming with hostility toward politics as practiced by the Bush family. Jeb Bush, after disappointing finish in South Carolina, ends his campaign for president 2016-02-20T05:00:00Z The former Nasa scientist, considered the father of global awareness of climate change, is a soft-spoken, almost diffident Iowan. James Hansen, father of climate change awareness, calls Paris talks 'a fraud' 2015-12-12T05:00:00Z Seemingly diffident, Martin rules the studio with a close eye: against the backdrop of this constant drive to glory, he managed one of the more intriguing, if superficially plain, celebrity relationships of the time. Chris Martin: the rock god who thrives in the face of critical sneers | Observer profile 2015-12-05T05:00:00Z JR You know, I can say this now, I was quite diffident about saying it for a long time. JK Rowling meets Lauren Laverne: ‘Success never feels the way you think it will’ 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z Yet, fascinated by the might and freedoms of the U.S. and diffident about their own capacities, the French underestimate their influence. A France-U.S. Anti-Islamist Alliance 2015-11-15T05:00:00Z Wada, which commissioned Pound’s report, was also criticised for being too “diffident” in its approach. Athletics governing body suspends Russia from all competitions 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z Her Broadway debut seems to be about playing a lonely, detached and diffident girl in a slow-moving parlor play. Review: Keira Knightley shines but ‘Therese Raquin’ doesn’t 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z But in an uncertain economic environment with footloose capital, a diffident leadership carries costs. Too mild? 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z When Jude slices it off, he seems even more diffident. 'Ten Thousand Saints' lacks a center as it recalls '80s 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z His friend, Kaoru, an equally fragrant but much more diffident figure, is ostensibly Genji’s son but is in fact the product of an encounter between another man and Genji’s youngest wife. Why “The Tale of Genji” Is Still Seductive 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z He made out for Kentucky, to live with his grandfather, a journey of five hundred miles, which for a “diffident, awkward, backwoods boy” felt “like going out of the world.” The Actual Hollister 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z And in an historically black church in Charleston, South Carolina, called Mother Emanuel, where worshipers took a diffident stranger into their midst in Jesus' name to pray with them. Charleston Massacre More Proof America Needs Better Gun Laws 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z British chemists are a diffident and self-conscious bunch. Misplaced faith 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z It’s an image as far as one can imagine from today’s slight and diffident neurologist, but this was indeed Oliver Sacks, age 28. The man who mistook his life for a blunder 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z Now that business has made allies of the dour Republican and the diffident Democratic president, an unlikely pair to battle labor unions and liberals led by Senator Elizabeth Warren, Democrat of Massachusetts. McConnell, Siding With Obama on Trade Deal, Describes Unlikely Alliance 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z Nearly two hours into her story, Lee’s diffident demeanor changed. 70 years later, a Korean ‘comfort woman’ demands apology from Japan 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z Venteo wants games against teams like Monaco, who have a largely diffident, if not invisible, fan base. A More Peaceful Approach to Soccer Security Has Its Fans 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z He falls for a diffident woman who suspects he’s hiding something. Washington Post Bestsellers Feb. 8, 2015 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z The wording of the announcement was oddly diffident. The Education of Jeb Bush 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z They were met by an aloof and diffident Obama. How Barack Obama Became the Anti-President 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z To the journalist pack, Michael seemed overly diffident and Lindy too eager to play for the cameras. Vindication at Last for a Woman Scorned by Australia’s News Media 2014-11-16T05:00:00Z He strides through the central lobby but is too diffident to hold my tape recorder. Ukip defector Douglas Carswell on leaving the Tories: ‘They think Love Actually is a manual for how to govern the country’ 2014-10-19T04:00:00Z But far from thanking Mr Obama for delivering the cautious, diffident foreign policy that such polls would seem to demand, voters are turning on him. The politics of Guantánamo 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z “Oh, it’s a shame when you have a wan, diffident, professorial president with no foreign policy other than ‘don’t do stupid things,’ ” guests recalled him saying, sarcastically imitating his adversaries. Paths to War, Then and Now, Haunt Obama 2014-09-13T04:00:00Z We don't know what it actually said, as the diffident press printed it as "Oh, you old --" but it was enough to provoke Crowe and Tibbett, who thought the insult had come from Brambani. The tale of the parrot that started a fight 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z This issue lies right on the faultline of the classic dilemma in male grooming, particularly for the diffident Englishmen, between “vain fool” and “looking after yourself”. Does anyone love a hairy back? 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z It was a happy marriage, Dr. Watsa said — “I hope she thought so, too” — but he was diffident when asked about their sex life. 90-Year-Old Sex Columnist Shatters Taboos in India 2014-08-08T04:00:00Z The LeBron James who sat in a director’s chair across from Gray in a suburban Connecticut Boys and Girls Club in July of 2010 was wounded and diffident. The LeBron Returning to Cleveland Is Older and Wiser Lucrative salaries and stock options tend to embolden the diffident, said Barry. Sex and Silicon Valley: the veritable arms race of the dating app industry 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z The Italian-born Sonia Gandhi, diffident about taking office, muddled through by dint of hard work and a readiness to listen to a clutch of advisers. Congress after the cataclysm 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z From starting health care exchanges to overseeing the National Security Agency to executing his Syria policy, the diffident chief executive and his team have repeatedly thrown the ball out of bounds. As His Tenure Winds Down, Obama Turns Focus to Executive Branch 2014-04-28T17:24:15Z “A willowy blonde, she was quiet and diffident, but she was the killer in the left court when at play alongside duPont,” he wrote in “Bud Collins’ Modern Encyclopedia of Tennis.” Louise Brough Clapp, Tennis Champion, Dies at 90 2014-02-05T22:34:27Z With a diffident smile, she spoke at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, alongside Mr. Blum and her parents. Lacking Definitive Ruling on Affirmative Action, Both Sides Claim Victory 2013-06-25T02:35:01Z There are other players, more diffident, in the Amanda Knox hating universe. The Amanda Knox Haters Society: How They Learned to Hate Me Too 2013-03-29T08:05:23Z The mayor, finally, makes for a diffident diplomat. Gotham: Clashing Explanations on How Talks With Teachers Union Failed 2013-02-05T02:26:05Z But in reality, Obama actually is a center-rightist who uses his image as a diffident compromiser as a cloak to hide his pro-corporatocracy given aways. The Afghan Endgame, and Where It Will Lead 2013-01-14T21:20:29Z We on the other hand remain curiously diffident - and rather dishonest - on the subject. Mitchell row: why class matters 2012-10-20T11:32:10Z Brooks writes that the CEOs most likely to succeed are “humble, diffident, relentless, and a bit unidimensional.” No, Most CEOs Shouldn't Be On Twitter 2012-09-28T05:13:02Z Obama, known for soaring rhetoric and inspirational generalities in his speeches, suffered in some 2008 Democratic primary debates from a diffident and nuanced style that could make him seem flat and uncertain. Analysis: Obama-Romney debate challenge: handling the off-script moment 2012-09-27T22:03:19Z Immensely shy and diffident about his celebrity, Higgs admitted on Thursday he had not seen the opening ceremony, which had a theme of Enlightenment. Paralympic opening ceremony's Higgs boson celebration passes scientist by 2012-08-30T17:02:12Z Armstrong was a very diffident and reclusive man. Neil Armstrong: 'Diffident' emissary of mankind 2012-08-26T00:54:52Z At one a shy and diffident chap helped us, and willingly admitted the car's faults and omissions. Simon Hoggart's Week: Politicians' nonverbal signals are a hard to report 2012-07-27T20:03:01Z One reason many forget this liberal financial surge is that it failed; Kerry, a diffident campaigner, lost by 34 electoral votes. Karl Rove: He's Back, Big Time 2012-07-26T10:00:12Z Turing was reported as "diffident" about his prowess, and credited Americans for the "donkey work". Turing was defiant until death 2012-06-22T00:50:22Z It is as if Japan’s two largest carmakers, one run by a diffident scion of the founding family, the other by a fast-talking French-Brazilian, were as different as East and West. Schumpeter: Zen and the art of carmaking 2012-06-14T15:06:51Z The recalled Mark Ramprakash again looked diffident, a shadow of his imperious past. Surrey 124 & 248; Sussex 351 & 22-0 2012-06-09T18:36:04Z Physically, too, he conforms to the picture of a diffident English gentleman – neat, reserved and yet conveying the kind of quiet confidence that takes centuries to cultivate. James Daunt: the bibliophile who means business 2012-05-26T23:06:18Z His eyes were moist, but glad greetings flowed from his tongue, in an accent that would have put the most diffident speaker of English at his ease. Mushroom Town 2012-04-21T02:00:25.923Z She was stepping lightly, diffident and hesitating, a hand over her heart. The Clammer and the Submarine 2012-04-17T02:00:15.727Z If far too diffident to show the best that was in her, she found it comparatively simple to practice the feminine art of angling, albeit with a somewhat heavy hand. Mrs. Balfame A Novel 2012-04-15T02:00:04.827Z When Micah became diffident she flattered him a little, and when he obtruded his loyalty to the family she encouraged him. A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z He's charming, if he were only not so diffident. Barrington Volume II (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:32.490Z Revelation speaks with authority; speculation gropes its way, and when wisest is most diffident. The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Genesis 2012-04-08T02:00:21.793Z She advanced—still with that diffident and hesitating step like a doe's. The Clammer and the Submarine 2012-04-17T02:00:15.727Z She bowed composedly and, with a slight diffident smile, walked to the chair reserved for her. Mrs. Balfame A Novel 2012-04-15T02:00:04.827Z He had exceedingly good parts, but was somewhat diffident and bashful. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Barrington was the most diffident of men; his bashfulness amounted to actual pain. Barrington Volume II (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:32.490Z Now, the very modesty which had long kept him silent and withheld him from enterprise was changed--as so often happens with diffident man--into rashness. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z A victorious army which is humble or diffident, or tolerant of insult, or anxious to take the second place, is, indeed, almost a contradiction of terms. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z The culturally conservative wine world tends to be diffident in the face of a name that is successful in other sectors. Bulgari Family Tries to Make a Switch to Wine From Jewelry 2012-03-23T17:36:52Z Sometimes a mother in sober garments or a smiling father in a wide hat marched past in proud chaperonage of a diffident young daughter rigged out in all the family jewellery. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z It is arch, confident, and half diffident, as if he were disguising his pleasure at applause, while another bright gleam of fancy was breaking on him. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z Nancy put out a diffident hand, and her husband clasped it fervently in both his own. The Devourers 2012-03-16T02:00:23.493Z In this difficulty, and growing the more diffident and alarmed the more slowly I walked, I looked about eagerly for some person, of passable aspect, of whom I could enquire. Shrewsbury A Romance 2012-03-15T02:00:22.177Z May Lewis, on the other hand, was a plain, straightforward sort of girl; not dull, but a little diffident, and quite lacking in self-confidence. The Dorrance Domain 2012-03-10T03:00:14.767Z She was naturally diffident and nervous at the prospect of meeting Aunt Betty and the boys. The Motor Girls in the Mountains or, The Gypsy Girl's Secret 2012-03-07T03:00:15.897Z And men, over enterprises so extremely new and so untried as railroads, most diffident. The Story of the Rome, Watertown, and Ogdensburg RailRoad 2012-03-02T03:00:07.920Z He pushed the diffident greenness back, and went whistling rudely across the lands. The Devourers 2012-03-16T02:00:23.493Z It sometimes occurs that the most amiable persons labor through life under the disadvantage of a diffident or awkward manner, which does great injustice to their intrinsic excellences. The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews 2012-03-01T03:00:22.883Z “There is only one thing he lacks,” he said to himself, “he would be a man in a thousand, but he is too diffident.” Roumanian Stories Translated from the Original Roumanian 2012-02-28T03:00:27.310Z I had not caught the name of the young man from Maryland, and was diffident about asking. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z What I have to tell you, Mr. Vaughan," he said, in a voice more diffident than usual, "had perhaps been more properly told by my attorney to yours. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z After a while she went to call her brother, who came in, lanky and diffident, and was introduced as "George." The Devourers 2012-03-16T02:00:23.493Z Had he not been so diffident and addlepated while there was time, she would not now have been so thin and wan; those teacups might have been his teacups, and--well, well. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z Perhaps I was just such a slim, diffident little chap as that one. The Lucky Piece A Tale of the North Woods 2012-02-13T03:00:18.927Z Ruth felt troubled and somewhat diffident in speaking of the matter. The Corner House Girls How they moved to Milton, what they found, and what they did 2012-02-03T03:00:26.090Z In fact, one feels diffident about having said so much. Thrice Armed 2012-02-03T03:00:24.970Z Florence hesitated, and when she spoke her manner was unusually diffident. A Prairie Courtship 2012-02-01T03:00:12.830Z Then followed consultations upon frocks, interspersed with eulogies of David and predictions of the happiness in store for well-assorted couples, plainly calling for enthusiastic answers nicely tempered by a diffident modesty. A Romance of Wastdale 2012-02-01T03:00:11.227Z He is as diffident as, say, the naval officer who blocked Zeebrugge harbour or the flight-lieutenant who brought down the first Zeppelin over London. Down Under With the Prince 2012-01-29T03:00:07.103Z Tom Pinch, diffident of requesting information in London, resolved that, in the event of finding himself near the Bank of England, p. Rambles in Dickens' Land 2012-01-25T03:00:36.463Z In an unwonted flash of insight he saw what she would be at, the diffident, submissive, gentle old woman, to whom he and everything he did or said were above all admitted criticism. The Eldest Son 2012-01-24T03:00:28.780Z "Besides, one feels a little diffident—in the circumstances—about presuming too much on Major Coulthurst's kindness." Delilah of the Snows 2012-01-23T03:00:09.087Z I am glad to hear you speak of it in a diffident, proper sort of way. The Story of Charles Strange Vol. 1 (of 3) A Novel 2012-01-22T03:00:26.330Z A great embarrassment was on him and he was more diffident in her presence than he had ever been before. The Code of the Mountains 2012-01-07T03:00:15.050Z His manner, his attitude, his dark, yellow face, wrinkled and dry, his oddity of pose, his diffident movements—everything seemed to be against him, but only for a short time. Abraham Lincoln, Volume 2 (of 2) The True Story of a Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:32.877Z Aunt Laura was, it is needless to say, both flattered and genuinely pleased at their visit, for this modest old lady liked company, but was diffident of her own powers of attracting it. The Eldest Son 2012-01-24T03:00:28.780Z "I feel a little diffident about the next proceeding, sir," he said. Delilah of the Snows 2012-01-23T03:00:09.087Z When Raimundo came into the room with his rosy, melancholy, cherubic face, his diffident, embarrassed air, every one looked at him with curiosity: there were smiles, murmurs, witticisms, and stupid remarks. Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z I am diffident and have no self-confidence, and therefore I wish to be allowed to live in a way congenial to this disposition; any one can see that this is not according to the spirit.... Light and Peace Instructions for devout souls to dispel their doubts and allay their fears 2011-12-22T03:00:27.660Z He had not entered the house for several months, and felt diffident about the visit, but Lance had urged him to come. Harding of Allenwood 2011-12-21T03:00:21.617Z "I have got toothache, and anybody who talks to me will have his head snapped off," and he, being of a diffident nature, went. The Eldest Son 2012-01-24T03:00:28.780Z She showed herself less diffident and distrustful; she did not seek so carefully to avoid looking me in the face. The Joy of Captain Ribot 2011-12-15T03:00:16.510Z They went out together, and Jessie, who came back alone, sat down and looked at Carroll in a diffident manner. The Protector 2011-12-14T03:00:17.460Z It was as though they had gone back to the days of the courtship, when he had been diffident and awkward and had found her shy and a little difficult, but kind always. Imprudence 2011-12-01T03:00:19.303Z She was somewhat diffident of intruding, uncertain how Mrs Lawless felt the news of Van Bleit’s arrest. Grit Lawless 2011-12-01T03:00:18.137Z Coercing a diffident horse across a noisy stream, masked by briars, out of bog, on to rock. Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-11-24T03:00:44.527Z He did not, however, seem satisfied with the way he had arranged it and when he looked up at Mr. Barclay his manner was diffident. The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound 2011-11-24T03:00:42.877Z She was always just diffident enough without being self-conscious. Memoirs of an American Prima Donna 2011-11-17T03:00:32.600Z Perhaps I ought to have done so in the first instance; but a man feels naturally diffident at these times.” Imprudence 2011-12-01T03:00:19.303Z “I was merely diffident as to my welcome.” Grit Lawless 2011-12-01T03:00:18.137Z The lover who's diffident is in a much worse way than the lover who protests. Plays: Lady Frederick, The Explorer, A Man of Honor 2011-11-11T03:00:30.420Z The rather diffident girls went in a body to get the money and looked with astonishment at the extra pennies. Dandelion Cottage 2011-10-29T02:00:16.960Z He was naturally diffident, and even to the day of his death, when in crowds, and not speaking or acting, and conscious of being observed, he seemed to shrink with bashfulness. Sketch of the life of Abraham Lincoln 2011-10-24T02:00:19.173Z "I am not sure that the one you imagine is my only reason for feeling a trifle diffident about presenting myself at Mr. Devine's house," said Brooke, very slowly. A Damaged Reputation 2011-10-17T02:00:16.117Z And I felt a little diffident about asking you to come out... Grit Lawless 2011-12-01T03:00:18.137Z He might have been lonely or gloomy, but he would not have been diffident, and he would never, never, never have 'blinked' at the heroine. Atlantic Classics 2011-10-16T02:00:18.497Z And Wright, diffident, sensitive Wright, under his absurdities and his worldly airs? Mavis of Green Hill 2011-10-12T02:00:41.317Z He was diffident and self-conscious; there were certain letters he couldn’t pronounce. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z She was young, but evidently by no means diffident. A Damaged Reputation 2011-10-17T02:00:16.117Z "I sometimes think we are too extravagant and perhaps more ostentatious than we need be," Evelyn said in a diffident tone. The Coast of Adventure 2011-10-03T02:00:25.810Z Bertram’s heart warmed to the kindly friendliness of his voice and manner—the more because he felt that, like himself, this famous traveller and explorer was of a shy and diffident nature. Cupid in Africa 2011-09-28T02:00:21.467Z She opened the door to Urbain and looked at him attentively; his gentle and diffident appearance made a favorable impression on the old woman. The Barber of Paris 2011-09-18T02:00:25.547Z They were small and cunning, his eyes, and a little diffident. The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon and other humorous tales 2011-09-17T02:00:25.067Z Now, Brooke had mixed with men of a good many different stations, and he was observant, and, as might have been expected, by no means diffident. A Damaged Reputation 2011-10-17T02:00:16.117Z There was a diffident air about this tired-looking individual—a something that might be shyness or might be guile—that put him on his guard. The Duke Decides 2011-09-14T02:00:47.307Z Jack made a diffident swain; it was the girl who slipped her hand into his. My Lord Duke 2011-09-09T02:01:11.940Z They were a little diffident about referring to the joke, but Ned had no such scruples. The Heroes of the School or, The Darewell Chums Through Thick and Thin 2011-09-03T02:00:19.963Z He approached her new-art bungalow as one might a shrine, with diffident steps and hesitant heart, but with delicious tinglings radiating from his spinal cord. The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon and other humorous tales 2011-09-17T02:00:25.067Z Familiarity with a person’s prejudices makes one diffident. Coelebs The Love Story of a Bachelor 2011-08-31T02:01:28.960Z It was the first time that he had addressed her by her Christian name, and he glanced at her half smiling, half diffident, to see how she would take it. The Triumph of Jill 2011-08-31T02:01:25.060Z I am diffident as to accepting, but the boy seizes my hand, and, with a roguish smile on his restless features, he places a chair for me opposite to his sister's. Stories and Pictures 2011-08-30T02:00:28.080Z A tall man entered, closed the door behind him and with hat in hand stood looking at Carrington with a half-smile which might have been slightly diffident, or impudent or defiant—it was puzzling. The Ranchman 2011-08-27T02:00:21.017Z Our caller could not bear it, and broke it in a voice that nervousness had turned to a funny, diffident croak. The Return of the Soldier 2011-08-26T02:00:23.937Z It is hard to criticise severely one who is unjust to himself through excess of diffident humility. John Greenleaf Whittier His Life, Genius, and Writings 2011-08-26T02:00:22.667Z He held his hat in his hand and Jill noticed that he looked rather diffident. The Triumph of Jill 2011-08-31T02:01:25.060Z Mildred had not expected in the least that she would be asked to perform on such an occasion, and her natural shyness made her more than usually diffident. The Girls of St. Cyprian's A Tale of School Life 2011-08-24T02:00:19.813Z No one had called me by that name for fifteen years, and I turned to find a stout, middle-aged man with iron-grey hair and a red face extending a diffident palm. The Sixth Sense A Novel 2011-08-24T02:00:18.870Z His friends and acquaintances now began to perceive a considerable alteration in his temper; though naturally diffident, he had assumed a high degree of literary importance, and plumed himself on the extent of his learning. Observations on Madness and Melancholy Including Practical Remarks on those Diseases together with Cases and an Account of the Morbid Appearances on Dissection 2011-08-23T02:00:29.227Z Now, Mr. Bhaer was a diffident man, and slow to offer his own opinions, not because they were unsettled, but too sincere and earnest to be lightly spoken. Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy 2011-08-18T02:00:21.810Z If he did venture to throw out a suggestion, it was in the most respectful and diffident manner. World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z Miss Ponsonby was not diffident under his advances, nor was she overwhelmed by a man’s favor, little as she had enjoyed of it. The Locusts' Years 2011-08-16T02:00:41.777Z She often found, when it was too late, that she had been deceived; and the consequence was, that she became diffident of her own judgment, and anxious to be guided by that of others. Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume II (of 2) 2011-08-14T02:00:23.870Z High-spirited and passionate in all things, her partiality for the silent stranger made her shy and diffident. For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z But the conditions did not relent, even when a diffident sun peeked shyly through the clouds. England's batsmen are undone by India's old routine at Trent Bridge 2011-07-29T18:06:12Z They inspire the bold, and encourage the diffident. Nicotiana Or The Smoker's and Snuff-Taker's Companion 2011-07-29T02:00:29.353Z She was not in the least diffident when it came to facing Miss Reid, and she intended to drive home her point. Marjorie Dean College Freshman 2011-07-27T02:00:32.033Z She was a quiet, diffident girl, who, beyond an enthusiasm for basket ball, had mixed little with the social side of high school. Marjorie Dean, High School Junior 2011-07-25T02:00:16.780Z Throckmorton, who was modesty and respectfulness itself in the presence of the woman he loved, was far from being nervous or diffident with her family. Throckmorton 2011-07-25T02:00:15.900Z "I did not know I had such an audience, or I should have been too diffident to play the nightingale," Maxwell laughed. The League of the Leopard 2011-07-23T02:00:12.490Z It was a beautiful sight as the loveliest maiden in the throng adorned the diffident young girl and led her triumphantly into the middle of the room. A Twofold Life 2011-07-21T02:00:21.433Z One day there came to my office a quaint, dark-skinned little fellow, strangely diffident, wearing glasses of great magnifying power and bearing with him evidence that Fortune and he were scarce on nodding terms. Concerning Lafcadio Hearn With a Bibliography by Laura Stedman 2011-07-20T02:00:12.413Z The owl began to eat at once, and begged his guests not to be diffident. Minnie; or, The Little Woman A Fairy Story 2011-07-18T02:00:19.717Z Never noisy and never coarse, always quiet in manner, sensitive, diffident and shrinking from unpleasantness, she yet had not put on that "made" and artificial pose which was her distinguishing characteristic in later years. Women Novelists of Queen Victoria's Reign A Book of Appreciations 2011-07-08T02:00:23.177Z We are uneasy about the reception we shall meet, and nervous and diffident in making our bow to the French public. The English Stage Being an Account of the Victorian Drama 2011-07-04T02:00:21.750Z I was diffident, too, with ladies, yet here I was, thrown into her company, and, as it seemed, looked at by her as her saviour and her hope! A Claim on Klondyke A Romance of the Arctic El Dorado 2011-07-03T02:00:07.507Z A life of retired industry might have been more pleasing to me; but an orphan—a stranger—ignorant and diffident, I preferred my present situation, as one less exposed to misrepresentation. The Heiress; a comedy, in five acts 2011-07-02T02:00:12.813Z I am always diffident about taking the place of the former, but rejoice to rescue babes from the care of the latter. Guide to the Kindergarten and Intermediate Class and Moral Culture of Infancy. 2011-06-30T02:00:25.950Z Little Frances was more diffident, and clung to her as to a mother, never for a moment disappointed in finding the tenderest sympathy and love. Olive Leaves Or, Sketches of Character 2011-06-25T02:00:21.120Z She turned her eyes to his, smiling with a certain diffident, sweet sedateness. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z He had no time for penitence or diffident delay. The Happy Hypocrite A Fairy Tale For Tired Men 2011-06-24T02:00:21.977Z It was a problem that any man might have been excused for feeling diffident about. The Kidnapped President 2011-06-23T02:00:29.120Z It is not too challenging to imagine a scenario for a Israel-Lebanon war to erupt, especially given the Obama administration's diffident and permissive approach to Israel. Analysis: Lebanon's Hezbollah may fight Israel to relieve Syria 2011-06-22T14:48:11Z If the results he gained were often lamentable, Lucinda ceased to offer comment when her first diffident strictures had been ungraciously overruled. Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel 2011-06-19T02:00:18.633Z But morning found her in quite another humour, one as diffident as different. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z The situation was awkward in the extreme and Harry, diffident and sensitive as he was, felt it keenly. Harry Watson's High School Days The Rivals of Rivertown 2011-06-16T02:00:20.053Z All this time our behaviour towards each other was as diffident as could well be imagined. The Kidnapped President 2011-06-23T02:00:29.120Z No longer the shy, diffident dreamer of a few months back, Max developed a keenness and aptitude for business which came as an unpleasant revelation to those who tried to get on his blind side. Between Sun and Sand A Tale of an African Desert 2011-06-15T02:00:16.390Z The cameraman grinned sheepishly and preferred a diffident hand. Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel 2011-06-19T02:00:18.633Z Why should he be so shy and diffident when in her presence? The Squire's Daughter 2011-06-13T02:00:25.710Z Perhaps because he is old and ailing, or because he is reticent and diffident by nature, he has let things drift. Activists Take On Corrupt Politicians in India 2011-06-12T14:00:00Z Jeff," he says, still hanging onto my hands and pumping 'em so fervent it makes me feel right diffident for him to be doing so, "you're the doctor and your prescriptions suit me. J. Poindexter, Colored 2011-06-11T02:00:11.257Z Such inherent difficulties as these might well have made Keats diffident of his power to complete his poem as a rounded or satisfying whole had its intended scope been what we are told. Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z "Come in," he said, with a return of his old confidence, and the door opened to Gabriel, diffident and embarrassed. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z The merely speculative may here find experience; the flattered, truth; the diffident, resolution, &c.” Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z She did not soothe our vanity nor fascinate our pity by diffident reserves and fluttering. Ormond, Volume II (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:19.953Z He seemed to be a very diffident burglar. The Corner House Girls' Odd Find Where they made it, and What the Strange Discovery led to 2011-05-31T02:00:34.950Z I, on the other hand was languid and melancholy—fond of repose—thoughtful beyond my years—and diffident to the last degree. Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z As he did so his old apologetic, troubled, diffident manner returned. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z The officer who had charge of us was a Cretan Turk, a kind-hearted but rather diffident man. A Prisoner in Turkey 2011-05-28T02:00:23.023Z The easily abashed and the diffident may starve in a garret, or go die on the highways—there is no chance for them in the jostling rush of life. Rosemary and Rue 2011-05-21T02:00:11.483Z If even the far-famed and the self-satisfied stand in need of a little of the warmth which is derived from other people's opinions, how much more the diffident and the unknown! Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. 2011-05-20T02:00:42.297Z If your wife is diffident, encourage her, and avoid seeing small mistakes. Martine's Hand-book of Etiquette, and Guide to True Politeness 2011-05-08T02:00:05.770Z He had then relapsed into his usual tranquillity—serious, simple, and when he had occasion to speak, diffident and apologetic. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z He grew diffident and silent in her company; looked at her for a long time together without saying a word; then would turn away and sigh, and look again, and sigh again. Captain Kyd (Vol 1 of 2) or, The Wizard of the Sea 2011-05-06T02:00:10.447Z Outside the great Reformer’s house is the well of pure water, difficult of access for most, nearly inaccessible at times to the feeble, the diffident, and the old. Notes on Old Edinburgh 2011-05-03T02:00:17.180Z While her husband controlled the secret police and special forces, Madame Nhu acted as a forceful counterweight to the diffident president, badgering Diem’s aides, allies and critics with unwelcome advice, public threats and subtle manipulations. Madame Nhu, Vietnam War Lightning Rod, Dies 2011-04-26T22:08:41Z But Mr. Sebastian Bach Simpson was not apt to be diffident about any distinguishing characteristic of his own. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 1 2011-04-26T02:00:29.063Z All his school life Oliver was painfully diffident, but a good scholar. Lives of Poor Boys Who Became Famous 2011-04-26T02:00:23.677Z She was accustomed to his diffident manner and to his halting speech, which usually had the knack of irritating her. Petticoat Rule 2011-04-18T02:00:14.507Z In his studies he made great progress, troubled more than elated by success, because he was too diffident to believe anything in his triumphs but that he would break down next time. Essays 2011-04-15T02:00:16.160Z He was diffident but proud, and shrank from entering her circle by favor. The Secret of the Reef 2011-04-12T02:00:26.980Z Helen was shy and diffident about it, nor did I blame her. I Walked in Arden 2011-04-10T02:00:06.137Z Many young men, if diffident or awkward, feel, it may be, a little out of place. The Man Who Pleases and the Woman Who Charms 2011-04-05T02:00:10.347Z He spoke very quietly, in that even, gentle, diffident voice of his, whilst his eyes once more riveted themselves on her face. Petticoat Rule 2011-04-18T02:00:14.507Z Yet the bitter dignity of his thought, the diffident and fastidious will, are of a finer type than we often meet with. Essays 2011-04-15T02:00:16.160Z However, he kept his thoughts to himself, for he was usually diffident with Ruth. The Secret of the Reef 2011-04-12T02:00:26.980Z "Mr. O'Rorke, I am diffident about my pronunciation of Irish names," added the old diplomatist, cautiously veiling the sin of his forgetfulness. Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z He was dignified and diffident, and could not be too pressing. The Squatter and the Don 2011-03-27T02:00:13.400Z He was quite placid again, and in his face, gentle and diffident as usual, there was no longer the faintest trace of that sudden outburst of withering contempt. Petticoat Rule 2011-04-18T02:00:14.507Z I took in the aunt, a timid old lady, who seldom ventured a remark, and then in the most diffident manner. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z She had no justification for questioning either of them; but her aunt, who was seldom diffident, proceeded to deal with the matter boldly when Osborne joined them after dispatching the telegram. The Secret of the Reef 2011-04-12T02:00:26.980Z And, besides, like many men of merit, he was diffident of his abilities, and dreaded to meet a trained adversary in the field of forensic controversy. The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts 2011-03-19T02:00:11.277Z From such a diffident interviewee that seems an extraordinarily confident statement. Nigel Twiston-Davies sure Imperial Commander will be a Cheltenham star 2011-03-15T00:06:01Z He had no idea that being Comptroller-General of Finance was quite so easy and agreeable an occupation, else he had not been so diffident in accepting the post. Petticoat Rule 2011-04-18T02:00:14.507Z His Aspect is sweetened with Humanity and Benevolence, and at the same Time enboldned with Resolution, equally free from a diffident Bashfulness and an unbecoming Assurance. Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes 2011-03-08T03:00:46.777Z And with a charmingly diffident gesture she stretches out her hand to him. Boris Lensky 2011-03-07T03:00:10.233Z I think he felt diffident, you know, and all that. A Charming Fellow, Volume I (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:28.240Z "I honestly believe that you are diffident," she admitted. The Wicked Marquis 2011-02-24T03:01:06.123Z "These villagers are not diffident, upon my word." The Last Stroke a detective story 2011-02-19T03:01:39.327Z I am diffident,—no man more so, sir; but it is of the good or great qualities in other men.' Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. 2011-02-18T03:00:17.957Z Another thing which prevented him getting on, was that, in some respects, Harry was a very diffident man. A Search For A Secret (Vol 3 of 3) A Novel 2011-02-15T03:00:19.437Z He looked up at the same moment, and smiled on meeting her eye—such a kindly yet diffident smile that she blushed a trifle. The Streets of Ascalon Episodes in the Unfinished Career of Richard Quarren, Esqre. 2011-02-12T03:00:30.987Z In contrast, UK governments have been diffident, if not lazy on the subject. UK governments have failed to support organic farming, says report 2011-02-09T06:00:05Z Charmingly diffident sort of chap, to put the onus on the venerable early. The Three Sapphires 2011-02-07T03:00:24.770Z You are ever so clever too—if you were not so unreasonably diffident about yourself. The Crooked Stick or Pollies's Probation 2011-02-06T03:01:00.547Z And though he bullied defaulters, and blustered about his independence before juniors, there was no superior military goose to whom he would have said the most diffident 'Bo.' The Secret Battle 2011-02-06T03:00:59.983Z He emerges from prison a different, improved man but still a danger to the diffident, dithering Micky. The Fighter ? review 2011-02-06T00:05:32Z Palestrina thought that if she were going to be really fast she had better talk about divorce, and I heard her ask Anthony in a diffident whisper if he had read any divorce cases lately. A Lame Dog's Diary 2011-02-04T03:00:23.707Z There had been many fine talks by famous Philadelphians as well as by other British officers, and I felt very diffident about saying any thing at all. Over Here Impressions of America by a British officer 2011-01-30T03:00:16.597Z He was too diffident to join in the general conversation, and was indeed somewhat of a wet-blanket on the cheerful talkative company. Abington Abbey A Novel 2011-01-30T03:00:14.557Z And lest ye’re diffident to aid the Cause, Not wholly yet broke loose from Reason’s Laws, View the strange Wonders of the present Times, Let Empires sleep, but hear the Fate of Rhimes. The Scribleriad and The Difference Between Verbal and Practical Virtue 2011-01-05T03:00:54.800Z "Am I all right?" she asked with a diffident laugh, which entreated encouragement. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z Go to," said Grasp, "I am somewhat diffident at speaking to a young lass where so many of her companions are around her. William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z Their owners were standing uncertainly, diffident, not caring to mingle with the more fashionably clad throng that clustered about the principals. The Boss of Wind River 2010-12-30T03:00:28.770Z She made no answer, and Lieutenant Ringberg seemed to have exhausted his strength and his presence of mind with these two words, which he had uttered in a very diffident tone of voice. Quisisana, or Rest at Last 2010-12-29T03:00:30.857Z Nor be too diffident in phrase, But let your song grow drunk with wine Where mystic unions vaguely shine In luminous and errant ways. Paul Verlaine 2010-12-28T03:00:19.670Z The error cost him a two-shot penalty, his diffident response in the face of disappointment earned him admiration and criticism in equal measure. Watson and Johnson add power to USA 2010-09-25T23:07:00Z Shannon Cassidy, executive director of Bridge Between, a Philadelphia-based executive coaching firm, cited a diffident protégé who preferred not to attract attention with clothes or make-up. Small-Business Guide: How to Choose and Work With a Mentor 2010-09-01T22:00:00Z But he has been a different man from the morose and diffident figure who finished second from last at Firestone last weekend. Nick Watney leads charge of young generation in US PGA 2010-08-15T00:41:00Z Diplomats give much of the credit to General Konaté, the interim president, whom they describe as an unusual military man — diffident, reserved and uninterested in power, despite his participation in the earlier coup. Guineans Revel in Prospect of First Free Vote After Era of Repression 2010-06-26T17:04:00Z "The banks have employed a diffident and dismissive approach to customer complaints for many years," he said. Banks slated over customer gripes 2010-04-27T23:19:00Z Given the diffident way Jim Calhoun’s team played, it is virtually impossible to judge just how good a victory it was. Sports of The Times: St. John?s Takes an Opener, With No Fight From UConn 2010-03-10T02:48:00Z The musical voice was painfully diffident, and he remembered that she had always been shy with him except on that first meeting when the leaping anger in her eyes had burned away self-consciousness. The Law of Hemlock Mountain At first he felt rather diffident about perusing its contents, but instinct so prompted his curiosity that he yielded to its tempting touch. Irene Iddesleigh Don't tremble, don't be too diffident; but, as I say to you, throw your soul into it, and I will answer for it making your fortune. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 16 "Ulrica," he said with a diffident tremor, "you couldn't care for a little nobody like me?" A Poached Peerage Shyly diffident in the presence of strangers, her head was lowered. The Belovéd Traitor Then England's Premier Comedienne went on in a softer, more diffident voice than I had ever heard from her. Miss Million's Maid A Romance of Love and Fortune He peered within with eager, anxious eyes, yet a diffident conscience made him falter. The Unknown Sea Our practical experience in these matters is so limited, that we feel diffident in adding any thing to these remarks of Mr Stephens. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 362, December 1845 Apart from an aggressive riding suit his appearance was diffident to the verge of chronic apology. A Poached Peerage And yet that was just what her shy, diffident room-mate was longing to have her do. Dolly's College Experiences Million moistened her lips and drew another long breath as the fatherly old gentleman turned the eyes and their gold-rimmed glasses upon her small, diffident self. Miss Million's Maid A Romance of Love and Fortune By an unjust transfer, shame possessed him, even as when Diadyomene had advanced naked and unabashed before his diffident eyes. The Unknown Sea Hitherto," says Walpole, "he had passed for a man of much obstinacy and firmness, of strict honour, devoid of ambition, and, though reserved, more diffident than designing. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 362, December 1845 He was inclined by nature to be diffident at first with his sitters, and with this fair being the beginning of a conversation seemed to him a thing as difficult as it was desirable. The Mystery of Evelin Delorme A Hypnotic Story He was a grave young man, tall and thin, somewhat narrow-chested, with the diffident air of a country student. Rodman the Keeper Southern Sketches The duchess made her curtsey, approached the throne and with great reverence, as though with diffident lips, touched the jewelled finger-tips, which the empress held out like a live relic. Majesty A Novel He slipped back into the water to examine further; a sense of profanation, not to be shaken off, subdued his spirit, and constrained him to diffident movement through the exceeding beauty of those jewelled aisles. The Unknown Sea But Wyndham had made no response to her first involuntary expression of this desire, and she was too diffident to recur to the point again. An Engagement of Convenience A Novel Again there was a diffident pause, but the sincere blue eyes were unwaveringly steady as they met the gray ones. The Tempering They sat down to the late breakfast, and the priest's wife received them, one by one, with diffident friendliness. Magnhild Dust A boy with whom you find it somewhat difficult to get on is the diffident one who always believes that the question you ask him is a "catch." John Bull, Junior or French as She is Traduced A new voice took up the theme, a sweet, rather diffident voice, to which, nevertheless, the circle listened with an attention that was almost distinction. Stories That End Well An Adventure in Altruria——Through the Terrors of the Law——The Real Thing——The Old Partisan——Max—Or His Picture——The Stout Miss Hopkins' Bicycle——The Spellbinder——The Object of the Federation——The Little Lonely Girl——The Hero of Company G——A Miracle Play I would have a leader in such a war, wary, watchful, humble—diffident as well as brave. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency Had Linton been about to renew an acquaintance with one he had scarcely known before, and who might possibly have ceased to remember him, his manner could not have been more studiously diffident and respectful. Roland Cashel Volume II (of II) The small youth at Roy's right, after darting several diffident looks in his direction, at length summoned courage to address him. The Crimson Sweater He became quite diffident, leaving the doorway, leaning over the counter. A Man in the Open And yet with women, as with O’Leary, he was gentle, deferential, almost diffident. Reveries over Childhood and Youth This master of impressionist prose confessed—in his diffident and humble manner where his art was concerned—that now for the first time he began to write English with ease. Lafcadio Hearn He, too, was diffident and fearful of appearing in an unfavorable light before the other, who was evidently so much older and wiser than he. Campmates A Story of the Plains The masterful man attracts; but, in the end, it is usually the diffident man who wins. Through the Postern Gate A Romance in Seven Days At last, summoning up courage, he said in a low, diffident tone: "If I could only think that it was I——" Startled, she looked at him in amazement. John Marsh's Millions I usually bounded up those stairs with the elastic step that leads to a happy home, but to-day—a certain to-day that seems but yesterday—my tread was slow and diffident. Fragments of an Autobiography One day there came to the office a quaint, dark-skinned little fellow, strangely diffident, wearing glasses of great magnifying power and bearing with him evidence that Fortune and he were scarce on nodding terms. Lafcadio Hearn The reason that Glen Eddy disappeared after running that engine so splendidly, and bringing the night express safely to its destination, was that he was diffident and nervous. Campmates A Story of the Plains She said, in the first moments of joy she had to tell him; he was so anxious; and so diffident. Through the Postern Gate A Romance in Seven Days Whispering together like diffident children, they went out, their hands lightly touching. Just Around the Corner Romance en casserole She was reserved and diffident; happiest when allowed to remain unnoticed in the background, positively distressed when dragged into broad daylight, or obliged to take her share in gaieties. Fragments of an Autobiography Then, with some difficulty, for he was at work in the fields, I found a sturdy and very diffident young man who has had some experience of carpentry, and who can also wield a paint-brush. Windyridge No one gave him a sincerer greeting than the commander-in-chief; who, diffident of his own military knowledge, had a high opinion of that of Lee. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools He is so humble—he was so diffident, so doubtful of his own powers of attraction. Through the Postern Gate A Romance in Seven Days You are evidently a young man of strong will-power, and yet you became awkwardly diffident when I asked you what path in life you had elected to follow. A Modern Wizard In personal character, notwithstanding his executive energy, he is reported to have been timid and diffident. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" He does not possess the dignified and commanding figure which eminently characterized his father, and in conduct is simple and diffident. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, February, 1852 None of the diffident lover about him now. Renshaw Fanning's Quest A Tale of the High Veldt “Most likely not,” said Sir Murray, dryly; “but you see that it is as I say—you are too timid—too diffident.” The Sapphire Cross Yet, the first man who questioned him, caused him to doubt the wisdom of his choice, to hesitate about speaking of it, and to feel diffident, so that he did not answer promptly. A Modern Wizard "I am glad that you are not polite, but neither should you be diffident." Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine A shudder passed through the room, followed by a diffident laugh. Lady Cassandra Be it remembered, nevertheless, that she who thus secretly ruminated, to her own disparagement, was no mere shy, awkward, diffident school-girl, but a peculiarly winsome, refined, and gracious-mannered woman. Renshaw Fanning's Quest A Tale of the High Veldt “My dear Maudlaine,” said Sir Murray, with a sneering laugh, which there was no need of the other interpreting, “you are too timid—too diffident for a man of your years.” The Sapphire Cross This poem is particularly recommended to diffident young ladies with a suppressed talent for recitation. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93. July 30, 1887 "You are so sincere that you have no need of being diffident," answered Bella. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine The greengrocer’s wife had looked at him reproachfully from behind a heap of cooking apples, and her response to his diffident greeting was accompanied by a sorrowful wag of the head. Jacob's Ladder His patrimony had been wasted in a course of careless indulgence, and little else was left than barren titles and pretensions,—which, it must be owned, he was not diffident in vaunting. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 Naturally diffident, and finding himself surrounded by able men, for one or two sessions he took no part in the debates. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia It was from a young buck, and would eat well—he went on, in his shambling, diffident way. Aletta A Tale of the Boer Invasion Eric inquired now in a diffident tone,— "But how can the Church itself possess riches?" Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine He was not, however, as when first he issued forth, timid, depressed, and diffident. Gerald Fitzgerald The Chevalier Although usually quite courtly in her manner, she was now diffident and timid, and in heartfelt tones begged us to consider her as one of us, and permit her to assist in bearing our affliction. Waldfried A Novel To bridge that time she asked a few diffident questions about the West; she really wanted very much to know how Ruth lived, how she "managed." Fidelity A Novel A great comfort, to be sure, to one who is either too lazy or too diffident to open his lips to get credit so cheaply for superior wisdom! The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 94, August, 1865 Vowed an eternal love; but, diffident, I cast a parting look, that seemed to say, Shall we ne'er meet again? The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles Vol. 2 His name was Norman Venner, and besides being a mathematical whiz generally, he had designed and built an electronic brain, or calculator, which was in some ways smarter than himself—and a lot less diffident. The Romantic Analogue Formerly he had been full of life and vigor; a man of most affable bearing, while now he was morose, almost diffident. When the Cock Crows Even Prichard, that formerly was the most diffident of men, is now so much at his ease, so very much at home in my presence, it is quite amusing. The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life In a low, diffident voice he proceeded to ask me if there was anything in the nature of my situation that induced me to quit a service where I had given the fullest satisfaction. Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas At first we were rather reserved, shy perhaps, and diffident, one to another. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war The fact is, that Talma, who acted lovers' parts with us, was so awkward and diffident that no one could then possibly have foreseen how great an actor he would become. The Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun The example of these three masters of the vaudeville, while determining his vocation, made him diffident; and for some time he composed nothing but amphigouris—verses whose merit was measured by their unintelligibility. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" "Mademoiselle is too diffident and too unjust to her own charms; beautiful as is the robe, it only suits the elegance of its wearer." The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life He was ashamed of his surroundings, however, and consequently diffident. The "Genius" I have myself passed a better winter than for years, and now that it is nearly over have some diffident hopes of doing well in the summer and “eating a little more air” than usual. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 24 (of 25) But, as a means of precaution—the count is diffident and suspicious—the bridge is drawn at night by its keeper. The Poniard's Hilt Or Karadeucq and Ronan. A Tale of Bagauders and Vagres But further than this we did not get, for we were both diffident in talking of our lives prior to our coming to Golden Crescent. My Brave and Gallant Gentleman A Romance of British Columbia Let us appear nor rash nor diffident; Immod'rate valour swells into a fault; And fear, admitted into public councils, Betrays like treason. Cato A Tragedy, in Five Acts He stood before Hollis, a big man, diffident in manner and rough in appearance, surrounded by his fellow ranchers, bronzed, bearded, serious of face. The Coming of the Law Young Oliver Goldsmith, diffident and with no adroitness of address, was not one of those authors who can take publishers by storm, and fame with a wave of the hand. Oliver Goldsmith Blythe just sat there laughing, the silent, diffident pleasure in his countenance shown by the crackling, cheery blaze. Roy Blakeley in the Haunted Camp "Ray!" her voice was still more diffident, but her call met with immediate response. Banked Fires Others were boyish and diffident, and with them she got on pretty well. The Squire's Daughter Being the First Book in the Chronicles of the Clintons Before the Committee she appeared as a very young girl, docile, diffident, only half-awake, and of dubious efficiency. A Journal of Impressions in Belgium Noll's radiant apparel, laughing eyes, and merry face, made the bewildered prelate diffident. Oliver Goldsmith That uncertain, diffident smile hovered for a moment about his mouth. Roy Blakeley in the Haunted Camp "Come in," he said impatiently, resenting the disturbance, and the curtain was raised to admit the diffident intruder. Banked Fires As a matter of fact, no one could possibly be more diffident and modest about his actual literary performances than was Charles Darwin. The Coming of Evolution The Story of a Great Revolution in Science But the Italians, the Tuscans, audacious in the other arts, were diffident of themselves with regard to poetry. Euphorion Being Studies of the Antique and the Mediaeval in the Renaissance - Vol. II But about this part of my theory I was, and still am, extremely diffident, and I mention it here only in the hope of justifying what has seemed to many sensible people a silly name. Pot-Boilers If you are a lamb, you are torn to pieces as in the jaws of a lion; if you are trembling and diffident, you are overwhelmed as a dove in the claws of an eagle. Talkers With Illustrations Through all the honors which he received—and he was one of the most honored men of his day—he was always modest, unassuming, and even diffident. Home Life of Great Authors The foreman, diffident and uncertain, was walking by his side; and from the peremptory and numerous instructions he was receiving, it became patent that his companion was the "boss." The Long Day The Story of a New York Working Girl As Told by Herself He addressed her in a diffident and uncertain voice: “I beg pardon....” The Bandbox In the first, they had the jealous and diffident sympathy of all whites; in the second, they had all whites banded together against them for their lives and livelihoods. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 17 (of 25) He was not a diffident or timid character, as we know. When Ghost Meets Ghost I was naturally diffident to give particulars; and this disposition was not anyway lessened by the nature of Alan’s commentary upon those I gave. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) She took the pitcher at the head of the stairs without comment, but with a look full of diffident gratitude. The Long Day The Story of a New York Working Girl As Told by Herself Randall nodded in his usual diffident fashion, and slid into the oak shadow, where he squatted on his heels. Gold But on the left-hand of these, there stood the tremulous lilies, Tinged with the blushing light of the morning, the diffident maidens,— Folding their hands in prayer, and their eyes cast down on the pavement. The Song of Hiawatha An Epic Poem It was during this same golden age that an overgrown and diffident young man came from an obscure town in Illinois and was given a tryout on the Tribune. News Writing The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories She was not exactly shy, but diffident, and rather overawed by her sister, who had educated her, and who had no suspicion of the fact. Fathers and Children |
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