"shy" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- I retreated into my shell, being painfully shy in the first place.
- She hates to talk about herself and can be painfully shy and private.
- I was painfully shy - no keggers or parties for me.
- He was then 28, without much business experience and known among colleagues as painfully shy.
- He was reported to be "painfully shy" in his youth.
- She claims that while growing up she was painfully shy as a child.
- Both were painfully shy and ill at ease in social situations.
- Although he can be painfully shy around new people, M. soon made friends with both boys and girls.
- Add to this the fact he is painfully shy and lacking in confidence.
- The man, painfully shy, takes pictures of himself with a note asking to meet the girl, but he flees at the last moment.
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