demure

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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

Tseggai’s Miriam seems demure but delivers a wild monologue about her unhappy marriage and subsequent all-consuming affair that confirms you can’t judge a book by its cover.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2025

Her sweet ballads fooled many into thinking she was fragile and demure.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 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

“Like you mentioned the other day,” said Sarai, girlish in her demure posture and childlike excitement.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor