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
The humor comes off like a wallflower at a party who is racing with so many awkward thoughts that when it’s finally time to speak, they blurt out something rude.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2025
In it, Streep’s character, a fading but indomitable Hollywood actress named Madeline Ashton, is reunited with her old friend, Hawn’s wallflower novelist Helen Sharp.
From New York Times ● Nov. 30, 2024
The dancing spread like a forest fire, and soon the floor was filled with couples who swayed and dipped around the Gibraltar of a wallflower, Ignatius.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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
But there is that through line where the characters are strong, and have agency, and aren't exactly wallflowers.
From Salon ● May 17, 2023
"And, you know, we're political wallflowers," he added.
From Reuters ● Nov. 16, 2022
The rest are downstairs on bookshelves or stacked on tables and benches everywhere in my home, wallflowers hoping to be invited to dance.
From New York Times ● Sep. 2, 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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