coyness

"I tell the truth about my age through coyness," he said.

All this coyness is beginning to get on some people's nerves.

There's a bit of coyness about who got the idea for the reunion.

She was a woman who made no pretense at coyness.

Full of disdain and coyness until it finally got to her hands.

As if her coyness were a cue, she and the boy turned together to smile at him.

He detected no coyness in her, or even a true desire to be outside.

Because coyness gets to be a way of life.

Had we but world enough, and time, This coyness, lady, were no crime.

In an age of exhibitionism, coyness was a good investment.

And there was none of the coyness that can sometimes infect this role.

If there is one thing to avoid in playing Sondheim, it's coyness.

Amanda's coyness tempted him, his feet moved across the carpet.

He looked up as they entered, and began to breathe a melody with a certain coyness.

She had so little experience in coyness or deception.

She just looked at me squarely, without coyness or coquetry.

She looked at me coquettishly, but her coyness didn't last long.

Here she relied too readily on coyness, particularly in the finale.

No coyness or shy looks with this one, Reese thought, and grinned.

"Surely we know each other too well to pretend of coyness!

She canted her head to one side, a parody of coyness.

There isn't a moment of coyness or childishness in her performance.

He has also developed a certain coyness about his Olympic intentions in the 100 and 200 meters.

That style must come out of conviction, not coyness.

Competitors seldom even glanced at each other before a race, it was a kind of coyness.