wallflower
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Bear in mind, this is the perspective of an awkward wallflower surrounded by too-cool gothlings clutching well-worn copies of Rice’s books.
From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2026
Vanderbilt, the former SEC wallflower, just posted the first 10-win season in its history.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 24, 2025
But onscreen — especially in the close-ups Chu enjoys — there’s no spell on Earth, over or under the rainbow, that could convince me Erivo is a pigtailed wallflower.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 18, 2025
In 2019 Coughlan was cast as wallflower Penelope Featherington, the youngest daughter of a newly rich family during London's Regency era, in Bridgerton.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2024
My father was trying to rescue me from being a long-legged wallflower and all I had done was make him mad.
From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia
"And, you know, we're political wallflowers," he added.
From Reuters ● Nov. 16, 2022
Meanwhile, feline fan Haruki Murakami may enjoy growing catnip, while Joan Didion perhaps favored wallflowers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2022
Zach Morris’s show is interactive, but wallflowers will be relieved to hear that participation is optional.
From New York Times ● Aug. 4, 2021
Even when they're the lead of a romantic comedy, they're portrayed as unconventionally quirky wallflowers, interesting for reasons having nothing to with their GPA.
From Salon ● Apr. 27, 2020
In every garden wallflowers blossomed in bright color and filled the air with perfume.
From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli
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