"It's dark and rainy, they might not be so shy on a day like today."
He has never had any luck with women and was too shy to ask any of them out on a date.
I must say we seem a little shy on clues.
You are a little shy on experience, I guess.
But when you're a bit shy on water and hallucinating from fatigue, you can make up just about anything.
She hadn't expected a big, confident sort like him to go all shy on her.
She has a magnificent voice, but she's a little shy on technique and I know she'll respond better to your comments.
There's someone we think may have been responsible, but we're a bit shy on hard evidence.
Don't go all shy on us now George.
Some of them were shy when on their own.