shrinking violet
Example Sentences
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The consensus was someone who is warm, funny, loud, brash and larger than life, with jokes for the children and adults alike but they cannot be a shrinking violet.
From BBC • Dec. 22, 2025
No shrinking violet, this performer, and neither is the woman she portrays.
From Salon • Dec. 18, 2022
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
He had named her Violet after shrinking violet when she had started seeing Dr. Payne.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
