modest violet
Example Sentences
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The modest violet, the jack-in-the-pulpit, even the four-leaf clovers will tell you stories about the forest and the field, so that wherever you walk you will be surrounded by your friends.
From The Elson Readers, Book 5 by Elson, William H.
He stood between the queenly rose and the modest violet.
From The Egoist by Meredith, George
The modest violet thus, concealed in thorny places sheds all unseen its delightful fragrance around.
From Paul and Virginia by Saint-Pierre, Bernardin de
One minute, I hope she will be a modest violet; the next, I am in terror lest she be too insipid.
From Phebe, Her Profession A Sequel to Teddy: Her Book by Ray, Anna Chapin
You graceless wretch, you aren't usually so like ye modest violet!
From T. Haviland Hicks Senior by Elderdice, J. Raymond
