demure
Example Sentences
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Others opt for the registry office and a demure lunch with close friends, and prefer to save their money for a house.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 25, 2025
She’d ask for news of the tenants by name and demure every time he told her they were willing to pay more.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2024
Brain rot beat five other shortlisted words including demure, Romantasy and dynamic pricing.
From BBC • Dec. 1, 2024
At Amazon’s studios, she sits in a bouclé armchair on her podcast set, dressed like a demure interviewer: patent leather loafers, cuffed jeans, a sweater set, a string of pearls.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2024
Each of them wore the remains of a black cap and ages ago they had stood in two demure rows and their voices had been the song of angels.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
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