I tell you, she's only a timid child, and means no harm.

A rather timid child, Robert was often the target of his father's dominating temperament.

That miserable creature was wearing the air of a timid child about to pull a large cracker.

The first impulse of the timid child - and she yielded to it - was to retire swiftly.

"Oh, please, everyone else is here," Merelan said, doing her best to reassure the timid child.

Other children will also fight back, unless she's picked on a particularly timid child.

He smiled at me as one who would encourage a timid child.

More timid children who are just watching can be encouraged to remember who went into the tunnel first and watch for them coming out again.

She pulled her limbs in on herself, like a timid child.

Then it was gone, had passed, and he was only looking into the face of a small, timid child.