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Recent Examples of shrinking violet
The Squad members have prided themselves on not being shrinking violets.
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Jeff Robbins, Orange County Register, 8 Feb. 2024
Even if Trump were a shrinking violet, the media would be all over this historic moment.
—Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Apr. 2023
Monbiot is no shrinking violet.
—Keith Kloor, Discover Magazine, 19 Mar. 2013
Urwerk’s latest watch is no shrinking violet.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 31 Aug. 2022
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Jeff Robbins, Orange County Register, 8 Feb. 2024
Even if Trump were a shrinking violet, the media would be all over this historic moment.
—Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Apr. 2023
Monbiot is no shrinking violet.
—Keith Kloor, Discover Magazine, 19 Mar. 2013
Urwerk’s latest watch is no shrinking violet.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 31 Aug. 2022
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“Shrinking violet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shrinking%20violet. Accessed 19 Jan. 2025.
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