Feeling suddenly like a shy 10-year-old in the playground, I pretended not to understand.

A shy and private one in general maybe, anywhere outside her job.

Maria was very shy in nature and did not like these meetings.

"And never again must we be shy in the face of the evidence."

It was the kind of face that would have made me shy in high school.

Her many critics, however, have not been shy in their complaints.

One woman is so shy in real life and almost always naked online.

He is a peace-loving man and very shy in nature.

Yet he is not shy about his political power, in public or in private.

But until recently, most have been shy about their interest in such plans.