shrinking violet

Example Sentences

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Penelope is a shrinking violet, but she’s also a romantic tired of being underestimated and cast as unmarriageable.

From Salon • May 17, 2024

Her co-star Oliver Reed - hardly a shrinking violet himself - memorably described acting alongside her as like "being run over by a Bedford truck".

From BBC • Jun. 15, 2023

As volcanoes go, Yellowstone is no shrinking violet.

From New York Times • Dec. 1, 2022

I must say, Gillian is not a shrinking violet; she has a very strong screen presence always.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 2, 2022

I mean his pa was purt close to Pap’s size and his ma wasn’t no shrinking violet of a woman neither.

From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis