modest violet
Example Sentences
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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
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
It flourished on the hill-side, and injured nothing; for its shadow was harmless, and served but as a kindly shelter for the modest violet and the pale primrose.
From The Buccaneer A Tale by Hall, S. C., Mrs.
Sa-a-ay, girl, I'm a modest violet, I am, but I don't mind mentionin' that the general opinion up at the club is that I'm a little wizard with the cue.
From Dawn O'Hara, the Girl Who Laughed by Ferber, Edna
The merry-making and feasting continued, the fêtes still being given in Madame's honor, and "the modest violet" might have remained hidden beneath its leaves had not Madame Henriette's schemes involved Louise.
From In Château Land by Wharton, Anne Hollingsworth
