Condemnation will not end the practice, but the national bar has never before taken even that timid step.

He does not (so far at least) lead out, with timid steps, a shy talent for torture.

It was a timid first step as to what, compared with what we ought to be doing.

He swallowed hard, took one timid step back, then turned and ran.

I could hear him take a few timid steps closer to my room.

Yesterday it took some timid, disappointing steps toward this goal.

Critics of the searches said the changes were a positive but timid first step and that much more needed to be done.

It was a timid first step to be sure, but an important one nonetheless.

Our group has taken note of a few timid steps forward among those proposals.

Things took a timid step toward transgression when I turned out the light so that no one would see me watching.