shrinking violet
Example Sentences
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They both said you don't want "a shrinking violet".
From BBC • Dec. 22, 2025
"This is no shrinking violet, she's ambitious — she's not shy about that, nor should she be," Bannon, Trump's former chief strategist, revealed in an interview with NBC News.
From Salon • Jan. 25, 2023
Instead, they were chipping off quips and learning a new way not to be a shrinking violet.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2022
“Bobby’s not a shrinking violet, and Bobby made it extremely clear who he supported and why he supported him,” said Terry McGuirk, the team’s chairman and a decades-long fixture of sports management in Atlanta.
From New York Times • Oct. 20, 2021
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
