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
Instead, they were chipping off quips and learning a new way not to be a shrinking violet.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2022
“She’s no shrinking violet, and when she has an idea she pursues it,” Mellor said.
From New York Times • Apr. 8, 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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
