demure

Compressed air flows beneath silicone skin, triggering actuators that raise her arms and lift the corners of her mouth into a demure smile.

With a demure and becoming grace, she took the seat next to me, our knees nearly touching, and I stared at her as if in a trance.

We don't expect a girl skilfully driving her car to be demure, we expect her to be dauntless.

She must be a woman of complicated character, and there was something dramatic in the contrast of that with her demure appearance.

I think I see him now, trying to be as demure and composed as Anhalt ought, through the two long speeches.

We don't expect a girl skillfully driving her car to be demure, we expect her to be dauntless .

The girl who has got to make her way in life has got to be dauntless, and if she has a pretty, demure manner with it, then luck girl.

She had a look of demure joy, recalling the married Frank or Dean (she couldn't tell us who) crooning to her over the M. R. I. machine.

" I almost said, " Don't go ", but I tried to be demure and said: " Let's meet next week.

"Oh yes, certainly, " said the girl with a sort of demure alertness which was somewhat amusing.

A girl not out has always the same sort of dress: a close bonnet, for instance; looks very demure, and never says a word.

Once more she is distracted, catching the eye of the waiter with a demure flutter of restaurant semaphore and asking for more water.

Men have loved to dwell, in fiction at least, on the demure maiden whose inevitable reply is: Oh, yes, if you please, kind sir!

Steele thinks there's hope, however, for a more racy Kate, as Lady Diana started out demure, and "then she looked va-va-voom, in Versace" .

But, instead of being the demure queen expected of her, she was assertive and ambitious.

The light was elegant, demure in the company of stars and the faint dusting of the Milky Way galaxy.

While Ferri's dress was initially intended to be a demure, Disney Princess-inspired frock, other creationswere much more raunchy.

They were so thrilled and delighted that they flung away any pretence of being demure young ladies and rushed out of the house.

It seemed to lawyer Martin that the women were unusually demure and the men more swashbuckling than usual.

It seems to me there are two aspects to women. There is the demure and the dauntless .

To counterbalance the hairdo, Tymoshenko's outfits needed to be demure yet commanding.

I really don't know how to write a check, she said, with a demure sidelong glance.

Their beauty is in the unity of the simple and complex, the obvious and subtle, the audacious and demure .

If you over work the demure, non-sexual act, believe us, you're not going to have much fun.

In the finest department stores, even the demure "elevator girls" are treated with impeccable politeness.

WOMAN WARRIORS Fragile, submissive, demure and mysterious. That's how some Americans think of Asian women.

If the demure graceful beauty in aesthetic, in the water side, gazing at itself in a mirror.

She gave him a demure smile.

While he has yet to win a major international tournament, he's won the hearts of Japanese women with his good looks and demure demeanor.

What good would demure and maidenly Members of Parliament be, inevitably responding: Oh, yes, if you please, kind sir!

Also , women in this predominantly patriarchal society are traditionally meant to be demure and so have few female role models .

Demure, self- effacing and discreet, Sarah Brown has played the wife-in-the-background role to perfection.

His pictures, however, are more demure than his video work but no less as powerful.

snow unexpected quiet, falling silent, was a demure girl Eclisse, Yuli and aloof.

Most - not all - are a little demure, but there are show stoppers here, too.

Her demure prettiness a little louche about the mouth and jawline, she is a doll who can also be a slut.

The traditional flirts let the man be the initiator and the women play the more demure, coy, passive role.

There is not an Apple MacBook in sight, and demure "office ladies" still serve the tea.

Cyclodelic's anorak is a blue soft shell, with gold zips; Ana Nichoola's military ruffle is a demure green, with pleats on the rear.

It's plain and simple but sophisticated. It's demure yet very sexy.

She must be tender, receptive, demure and have a nice character.

Rather pale she looked and Londony; and her blue eyes were demure .

Lizzie wanders through the throng. She looks at Bingley and Jane dancing - Jane is calm and demure, Bingley clearly smitten .

try to attract with demure behavior

Demure: modest and reserved in manner or behavior

any time when I visited her at work office, she always seen so demure and earnest;

Now, Lucy, I know it's our first date, and you need to appear demure, Lucy,