demure

Despite this demure exterior, former employees say the Sussexes and the Waleses have spent years monitoring one another from afar on social media, jostling to capture favorable headlines.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

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

In “The Penguin” Cristin Milioti’s Sofia Falcone marks her transition from the dutiful mobster’s demure daughter to a siren afire with vengeance.

From Salon ● Dec. 27, 2024

The garment’s austere black and silver palette projects a demure yet powerful mix of luxury and restraint.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2024

He was a fine young fellow, seemly and demure as a dove.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

And you have seen a cat conscious of approaching cream: such was Miss Haythorn; she became demurer and demurer.

From Stories by English Authors: England by Thomas Hardy

Of course, if they be still exuberant, they may show it, and stamp their lustiest; still a demurer step will usually suggest itself as the more appropriate.

From The Morris Book, Part 1 A History of Morris Dancing, With a Description of Eleven Dances as Performed by the Morris-Men of England by Cecil J. Sharp

She bowed to him, and passed on in her grave and stately manner: more calmly observant, demurer eyes were not in the Park.

From Sunrise by William Black

Cicely, six months younger, was much more quiet and steady on the surface, though her twinkling brown eyes belied her demurer manners, and proclaimed her ready for anything in the shape of fun.

From The Manor House School by Arthur A. Dixon

Fair she is, as other damsels: but for what the simplest swain Claims from the demurest maiden, I must sue and sue in vain.

From Theocritus, translated into English Verse by Theocritus

This explanation, given with the demurest naivete, caused a laugh among her listeners.

From Ziska by Marie Corelli

The two visitors looked up in some surprise at Jessie’s boisterous entrance, for usually she was the demurest of creatures.

From The Campfire Girls on Station Island or, The Wireless from the Steam Yacht by Margaret Penrose

She was the demurest, dreamiest of the three girls; the most of a woman, and the least of a talker.

From The Old Folks' Party 1898 by Edward Bellamy

With downcast demurest eyes and hesitating speech, Saxon said: "I did something yesterday without asking your advice, Billy."

From The Valley of the Moon by Jack London