modest violet
Example Sentences
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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
Salemina assumed a modest violet attitude, declined the honour absolutely, and intimated that there were persons who would prefer talking in a language they didn't know rather than to remain sensibly silent.
From Penelope's Postscripts by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith
Down in a green and shady bed A modest violet grew, Its stalk was bent, it hung its head, As if to hide from view.
From Graded Poetry: Third Year by Various
Several varieties of the lupine and the larkspur clothe the hillsides with every shade of color, while the modest violet seeks secluded spots in which to bloom.
From Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania by Gilson, Jewett Castello
A modest violet be our queen, Still fragrant, though alone, Our king a laurel—evergreen— To which no blight is known.
From Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. by Fuller, Margaret
