diffidences in a sentence

Examples

1. Her diffidence and stage fright were to follow her throughout her career as a composer.
2. Gannushkin was characterized by modesty and diffidence.
3. Ms . Bausch still retains a tinge of diffidence, which makes those early hesitations plausible.
4. With characteristic diffidence, Mockus, 43, offers his own view of voters'motives.
5. He was helped by his diffidence to become the Conservatives'compromise choice to succeed Macmillan.
6. Diffidence is certainly not a Paris dancer's problem; none of them lack presence.
7. "One Way or Another " _ with a mix of sass and diffidence.
8. But whenever she began to sing, girlish diffidence turned into a musician's poise.
9. Yet still the old diffidence haunts Christopher _ and with it, America's foreign policy.
10. Purcell was a tall, thin man who retained his boyish appearance and diffidence into middle age.