modest violet
Example Sentences
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He stood between the queenly rose and the modest violet.
From The Egoist by Meredith, George
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
Pale as the love-sick hopeless maid they dye The modest violet; from the curious eye The modest violet turns her gentle head, And, by the thorn, weeps o'er her lowly bed.
From The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem by Camões, Luís de
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
You graceless wretch, you aren't usually so like ye modest violet!
From T. Haviland Hicks Senior by Elderdice, J. Raymond
