"shy" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

shy adjetivo

shy + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 30
shy smile • shy man • shy girl • shy boy • shy person • ...
verbo + shy
Kolokacji: 5
feel shy • fall shy • fight shy • look shy • stop shy
adverbio + shy
Kolokacji: 19
painfully shy • extremely shy • suddenly shy • somewhat shy • twice shy • ...
shy + preposición
Kolokacji: 8
shy of • shy about • shy with • shy in • shy around • ...
1. shy of = mniej niż, niespełna, niecałe shy of
2. shy about = płoszyć się około shy about
3. shy with = nieśmiały z shy with
4. shy in = nieśmiały w shy in
  • 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.

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