How To Use Demureness In A Sentence
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All Hindu women, respecting customs of decorum and demureness, refrain from drinking alcohol in public.
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demureness"/reducing the flesh on display/wearing a jacket really doesn't make sense.
The Guardian World News
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Is it some kind of attempt at demureness and modesty?
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So, she hid her femininity behind demureness, read her poems with eyes downcast and scuttled back to the safe haven of domesticity.
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When you represent some part of the sprawling federal government, though, there's more to contend with than just personal demureness.
State, Agencies Working Out the Details to Get Online
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After his unusual demureness in face of the star-making machinery, I'm pleased to see Philip Pullman recovering his characteristic pugnacity to defend his dark materials from the interference of the interfering Faithful: Religion grants its adherents malign, intoxicating and morally corrosive sensations.
Philip Gets His Groove Back
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We were weeks past demureness, of secreting ourselves deep into earshotless underbrush to go to the bathroom.
It Wasn't Me.
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‘Hello Mark… ‘she said lowering her eyed in fake demureness and smiling so that her dimples showed.’
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She seems to believe that a nun-like demureness equates to mystery and depth of character and walks around with her eyes permanently downcast, a small, irritatingly sly smile on her lips.
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Her costuming focuses on tight-fitting outfits that emphasize her figure while at the same time, in contrast, a full, loose hairstyle sometimes conveys demureness.
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Is it some kind of attempt at demureness and modesty?
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Modern women, rarely overtly assertive, conform to traditional standards of "seductive demureness.
Tom Doctoroff: Sex in China: Prudence and Prurience
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The Quran speaks of beauty and demureness, saying that Muslim women should "lower their gaze and guard their modesty," and should not "display their beauty and ornaments.
Muslim Miss USA: Progress Or Immodesty?
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Everyone onstage was almost obediently good; it was left to Auguin's orchestra to sound reminders of love and passion beyond demureness in the pit.
Anne Midgette reviews Washington National Opera's 'Madama Butterfly'
