However, the record holder landed just shy of the eight foot mark, which is impressive.

I am not shy.

I'm a bit shy.

The girls are shy.

Sami is extremely shy.

Sami was very shy.

Sami was very shy.

It's different from being shy.

Tom was a bit shy.

Granted, my dreams are shy, because they're Canadian.

She used to be a very shy girl.

We must not shy away from our responsibilities.

The composers also prove that Bollywood musicians aren't shy of experimenting.

During the activity, one woman was so shy she just giggled for the duration of the exercise another decided to vent all her cumulative frustration against him and his family by cursing him.

Investors will not repeat that mistake once bitten, twice shy.

Even if they did, they would shy away from forecasting.

At first I was really shy about speaking with the Germans.

French intellectuals, never shy of public posturing, are campaigning to give her French citizenship.

The US ought not to shy away from wider use of IMF Special Drawing Rights.

Sarkozy believes in the efficiency of markets and will shy away from state intervention in the economy.

Salafi women are shy, introverts. They can t compete for votes with the MB ladies.

Being painfully shy has become avoidant personality disorder. Beating up people is intermittent explosive disorder.

Well, why don't we first say to those helping us out, Don't be shy about infrastructure.

Indeed, even the most camera shy academic can suddenly find himself a TV star in Russia.

Today, China is not shy about showcasing its military capabilities and asserting itself on multiple fronts.

It is for us to seize the moment and not shy away from our historical responsibilities.

While Europe s leaders shy away from the word, the reality is that much of the European Union is in depression.

In addition, they are described as shy people, who are dependent on the help of others and inferior to men.

Amazon s lofty price earnings multiple indicates that investors are not shy about financing its long term future.

The Global Times, however, has not been shy about advertising China s interest in establishing naval bases overseas.

He also doesn t shy away from a limited conflict with Israel s government concerning the West Bank settlements.

Moreover, the Fed became gun shy and did not continue to increase its balance sheet beyond 2 trillion.

But such services must not shy away from promoting and providing modern contraceptive methods to avoid unwanted pregnancies.

And therefore they could fight in a male dominated world, very easily, and not feel very shy about it.

Like North Korea, the Iranian government will not shy from a showdown over its nuclear program. Why should it?

So better to shy away from, to ignore, the moral and the religious convictions that people bring to civic life.

And this is not surprising. We know that some people are born shy and some are born gregarious. That's obvious.

One might think that foreign investors would quake in terror at these terms and shy away from dollar denominated assets.

The infrastructure for such cooperation has developed strongly since 2008, and China must not shy away from advocating its deployment.

She was clearly enjoying the entertainment but seemed shy and reserved too much so to become involved in the conversation.

Yazid is 20 years old. Behind his shy voice, there is an adamant desire to establish his own start up.

The problem is that today, ten years shy of when the 2015 goals are to be met, progress on the environment is alarmingly slow.

We should not shy away from taking common decisions, working together and committing ourselves to building jointly a culture of participation in public policy.

And I think we shouldn't shy away in architecture, You know, brain surgery, atomic theory, genetics, economics are complex complex fields.

Those who knew Manning at the time described her as a shy, provincial girl who had little experience with other cultures.