21. Her diffidence and stage fright were to follow her throughout her career as a composer. 22. Gannushkin was characterized by modesty and diffidence . 23. Ms . Bausch still retains a tinge of diffidence , which makes those early hesitations plausible. 24. With characteristic diffidence , Mockus, 43, offers his own view of voters'motives. 25. He was helped by his diffidence to become the Conservatives'compromise choice to succeed Macmillan. 26. Diffidence is certainly not a Paris dancer's problem; none of them lack presence.27. "One Way or Another " _ with a mix of sass and diffidence . 28. But whenever she began to sing, girlish diffidence turned into a musician's poise. 29. Yet still the old diffidence haunts Christopher _ and with it, America's foreign policy. 30. Purcell was a tall, thin man who retained his boyish appearance and diffidence into middle age.
