wallflowers
- plural of wallflower.
Example Sentences
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Jesse Eisenberg made his career playing tightly wound wallflowers.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2024
"And, you know, we're political wallflowers," he added.
From Reuters • Nov. 16, 2022
The rest are downstairs on bookshelves or stacked on tables and benches everywhere in my home, wallflowers hoping to be invited to dance.
From New York Times • Sep. 2, 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
