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Recent Examples of wallflower
Taking in the festivities firsthand felt like being a wallflower amid a room of my most interesting peers.
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Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 14 Apr. 2025
The Cream Voltage range was already anything but a wallflower, but even the brightest, sparkliest axe pales in comparison to the fluid, shifting body of the Voltage DaVinci, which was launched at The NAMM Show this week.
—New Atlas, 30 Jan. 2025
Heathers follows wallflower Veronica Sawyer, who is taken under the wing of the popular yet acid-hearted Heather Chandler (played by the late Kim Walker in the movie) and her two minions: Heather Duke (the late Shannen Doherty) and Heather McNamara (Lisanne Falk).
—Jen Juneau, People.com, 24 Feb. 2025
Woods stars as Louise, who transforms from timid wallflower into the famed burlesque dancer known as Gypsy Rose Lee.
—Kristen Tauer, WWD, 20 Jan. 2025
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Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 14 Apr. 2025
The Cream Voltage range was already anything but a wallflower, but even the brightest, sparkliest axe pales in comparison to the fluid, shifting body of the Voltage DaVinci, which was launched at The NAMM Show this week.
—New Atlas, 30 Jan. 2025
Heathers follows wallflower Veronica Sawyer, who is taken under the wing of the popular yet acid-hearted Heather Chandler (played by the late Kim Walker in the movie) and her two minions: Heather Duke (the late Shannen Doherty) and Heather McNamara (Lisanne Falk).
—Jen Juneau, People.com, 24 Feb. 2025
Woods stars as Louise, who transforms from timid wallflower into the famed burlesque dancer known as Gypsy Rose Lee.
—Kristen Tauer, WWD, 20 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wallflower
Noun
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MacLaren noted that introverts are especially susceptible to being misread in these environments.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
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For many introverts, this is mid-morning or early afternoon.—
Dr. Cynthia J. Young,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2025
Noun
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To find out whether bacteria would still collect PFAS chemicals inside a larger organism, the team used mice raised to lack a microbiome of their own and colonized the animals’ gut with several human microbiome bacteria that were shown to absorb PFAS.—
Nora Bradford,
Scientific American,
4 July 2025
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An inspector followed up on the complaint and found mice droppings in aisles 14-17, product that was chewed through and a live mouse, Turner said.—
Killian Baarlaer,
The Courier-Journal,
2 July 2025
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“Wallflower.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wallflower. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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