Demure

• “Demure" and "submissive" were not words in her vocabulary, thus making her very nearly the opposite of the feminine ideal of her day.”

  Never Come Down

• “I sampled two natural colors in line with my personal taste -- Demure and Bliss, the latter which had a touch of shimmer.”

  The Huffington Post: Marcia G. Yerman: Sunscreen Protection and Nail Polish: A Green Approach

• “Demure, girly Alice on her hands and knees in the mud.”

  Simon & Schuster: The Book Of Spells

• “I had a joke with my mother: whenever I told her I had to get dressed for an interview, she would always ask, “Demure or slightly sexy?””

  Simon & Schuster: One From The Hart

• “Demure as he is, Mr. Dungy is considered one of the game's fiercest competitors.”

  The Wall Street Journal: A Coach's Faith

• “I have merely underscored the highly obvious here of course: Mademoiselle Demure whips off the gray two piece suit, only to emerge from under the table as Madame Voracious!”

  The four Yip Fashion Blender à la Alpha Auer...

• “Demure and fragile-looking girls, pictures of maidenly innocence, with a semblance of conventional unction about their heads, were there like apparitions that a breath might dissipate.”

  The Magic Skin

• “Demure and daintly, a Danish delight; blinded I was, all through the night.”

  jaimewolf Diary Entry

• “JUDY WOODRUFF, CNN CORRESPONDENT, (voice over) Demure no more.”

  CNN Transcript May 20, 2005

• ““Demure and wotsit,” I said, picking a pair of knickers from the pile and putting them on my head.”

  Simon & Schuster: Mates, Dates: Besties:

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