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Example sentences for "shyly"

Lexicographically close words:
shwear; shy; shyer; shyest; shying; shyne; shyness; shyneth; shyning; shyp
  1. They came shyly in at the door, two dark little girls, and a fair boy, who carried a carved wood camel in his hand.

  2. The multitude shyly gave way to the brilliant figure, for never had its like been seen in the Master's neighbourhood.

  3. She looked shyly at her son, who was resting on a stone.

  4. And lowering her eyes, she shyly pleaded: "May I have a little drink, Vassya?

  5. The Indian women offered to sell, but they shook their heads shyly and soberly.

  6. She passed along, her face shyly dimpling with her little innocent smile, and said nothing.

  7. When they meet at dinner again Vera glances at him shyly several times across the silver and crystal and flowers, but the blue eyes are always on his plate, or on someone else's face--never on hers.

  8. She glances shyly under her long lashes at Captain Lockhart, who is her vis-a-vis at table.

  9. They greeted one another, and Rogers fell shyly to commonplaces, while wondering what the change exactly was.

  10. There was once a man named Runoia, and when he walked along the pathways of the forest, the children would say shyly to one another, "Look, there is the man who always hears music.

  11. The violet was happy because, however shyly she might hide herself away, some one would come to look for her and praise her fragrance.

  12. She did not know how to frame her thanksgiving, and she shrank shyly from telling Mr. Sheldon how grateful she was to him for the liberality of mind which had distinguished his conduct in this affair.

  13. The light of those two flaring jets of gas revealed Charlotte Halliday looking shyly at the roses on the carpet, and trifling nervously with one of the show-books on the table.

  14. You don't ask me whether I enjoyed myself in Yorkshire, Di," she said, looking shyly down at the little bunch of charms and lockets which employed her restless fingers.

  15. That evening Will went on deck rather shyly with two or three of his books.

  16. It seemed strange to him to enter upon what he had hitherto regarded as a sort of sacred ground, and he stood shyly aside while the others fell into their duties of looking after the men and seeing that the work was being done.

  17. And Peter Mauger"--Peter repeated the performance, more shyly and awkwardly even than Tom, from a variety of reasons.

  18. He sat up and shyly fitted his palm about the slimness of her waist.

  19. While they were shyly rustling the paper costumes she disappeared.

  20. When the boy Joe looked shyly up at him it was as though the lash of a whip had cut down across flesh, suddenly grown tender.

  21. He looked shyly at the ankles of women crossing the street, and listened eagerly when the crowd about the stove in Wildman's fell to telling smutty stories.

  22. He leaned over and shyly took her hand and raised it to his lips, then released it.

  23. She was looking down, picking shyly at the fringe on her wrap.

  24. Seen so, he appeared no older than she who watched shyly from girlish eyes.

  25. In another corner was a cupboard filled with china and coloured glass, very common, but very rare in Ma's eyes, because they were gifts bought by the bairns at market or factory with their odd pennies and shyly offered to her.

  26. Very shyly one night she crept up to her mother, nestled close to her, and laid her head on her knee, and then whispered the wonderful news.

  27. Then was helped out a frail and delicate lady, who looked round shyly and brightly answered all the greetings.

  28. Sweet the violet on the swelling bank when first it shyly bloweth, Pale and wan but cheerly smiling on its lonely sheltered dwelling, That is sweet, oh that is sweet.

  29. Climb the hillside in the morning-- When the radiant dawn is seen Blushing shyly on the mountains Like a maiden of thirteen.

  30. To this end she read the debates religiously day by day; and she one day ventured shyly to suggest that she should read them aloud to Lady Maulevrier.

  31. Dinner was announced, and Mary came shyly out of her corner, blushing deeply.

  32. So very shyly she reached out and took one of the thin hands in her own.

  33. Then he shook hands with each one of them and Renee shyly kissed him.

  34. Shyly in the mountain-cleft Was the Troglodyte concealed; And the roving Nomad left, Desert lying, each broad field.

  35. Etzooah issued a command to his small son, and the boy shyly exhibited a large cheap nickel watch.

  36. They looked shyly at each other to see how the news was being taken.

  37. From that we opened a conversation, the sweetest I had ever had away from him, though she spoke shyly and told me very little.

  38. Y-yes," answered Cynthia, looking up to her father and then glancing shyly at Jethro.

  39. She saw Comfort Pease when she came shyly in, and at once noticed something peculiar about her.

  40. She's waiting for her hand to grow to it," explained Matilda, to whom Comfort had shyly whispered the whole story.


  41. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "shyly" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.