wallflower
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Bear in mind, this is the perspective of an awkward wallflower surrounded by too-cool gothlings clutching well-worn copies of Rice’s books.
From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2026
Vanderbilt, the former SEC wallflower, just posted the first 10-win season in its history.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 24, 2025
But onscreen — especially in the close-ups Chu enjoys — there’s no spell on Earth, over or under the rainbow, that could convince me Erivo is a pigtailed wallflower.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 18, 2025
In 2019 Coughlan was cast as wallflower Penelope Featherington, the youngest daughter of a newly rich family during London's Regency era, in Bridgerton.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2024
I wasn’t a wallflower anymore; I wasn’t that girl they could just ignore and push aside and laugh at.
From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon
Should we feel bad for the wallflowers, Oregon State and Washington State, who now become the tragic twosome?
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2023
The typecasting as wallflowers and frumps confused her.
From New York Times ● Mar. 14, 2023
"And, you know, we're political wallflowers," he added.
From Reuters ● Nov. 16, 2022
But all of these shows speak to a common theme: television wives, whether on sitcoms or dramas, are refusing to continue on as wallflowers.
From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2021
In every garden wallflowers blossomed in bright color and filled the air with perfume.
From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli
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