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- adjective
Reluctant to bephotographed .
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Examples
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On High-Court Cameras The camera-shy Supreme Court isn't ready for its close-up just yet.
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The camera-shy cutthroat trout jumped ship rather than sit still for a formal portrait.
Field & Stream 2009
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That's the week Gilles Mendel has had — and that was before his runway show that attracted the normally camera-shy Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen.
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He is most definitely not camera-shy, but he has the attention-span of a knat.
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The camera-shy cutthroat trout jumped ship rather than sit still for a formal portrait.
Field & Stream 2009
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We meet her three children -- an impish third-grader, quiet 8th grader, and seemingly camera-shy older teen -- and watch as they go through the predictable frustrations and challenges of modern over-scheduled kids: along with soccer practice and tutoring, there are breakdowns and headaches and much anxiety.
Linda Flanagan: Race to Nowhere? Linda Flanagan 2011
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A usually camera-shy Rowling reveals her life and what is behind her creative drive, resulting in an intimate portrait of this very private author.
A YEAR IN THE LIFE OF J.K. ROWLING | Open Society Book Club Discussions and Reviews 2009
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A usually camera-shy Rowling reveals her life and what is behind her creative drive, resulting in an intimate portrait of this very private author.
A YEAR IN THE LIFE OF J.K. ROWLING | Open Society Book Club Discussions and Reviews 2009
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We meet her three children -- an impish third-grader, quiet 8th grader, and seemingly camera-shy older teen -- and watch as they go through the predictable frustrations and challenges of modern over-scheduled kids: along with soccer practice and tutoring, there are breakdowns and headaches and much anxiety.
Linda Flanagan: Race to Nowhere? Linda Flanagan 2011
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One of my sisters-in-law, a former pro photographer, took my author photos and made me giggle helplessly as she did it, instead of freezing up with my most camera-shy grimace.
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