modest violet

Example Sentences

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You graceless wretch, you aren't usually so like ye modest violet!

From T. Haviland Hicks Senior by Elderdice, J. Raymond

"If I had been a modest violet by a mossy stone," laughed Kate, "should I have taken up this work?"

From The Precipice by Peattie, Elia Wilkinson

You needn't hang your head, Mollums, like a modest violet; it's a solid fact.

From A Patriotic Schoolgirl by Salmon, Balliol

The Violet 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 The Posy Ring A Book of Verse for Children by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith

Directly after the sweet tones ceased, and the tune was commenced again in chorus by the singing class, the modest violet now becoming identified with the strident voice of Miss Feelier Potts who absolutely yelled.

From The New Mistress A Tale by Fenn, George Manville