Sentence examples for side of demure from inspiring English sources

Err on the side of demure.

The show leans to the demure side of Bouguereau, whose paintings of underdressed women often border on soft porn.

SIDE by side, the two leaders offered a picture of demure enthusiasm.

Some reasons were suggested by "Sondheim and Jazz: Side by Side," a demure, often anemic concert potpourri of the composer's music presented by the JVC Jazz Festival on Monday evening at Carnegie Hall.

She sweetly, demurely, delivers this information, though her dress is the antithesis of demure.

Dogon dance masks depicting birds, antelopes, rabbits and people are the exact opposite of demure.

Inspiration came from Audrey Hepburn and Wallis Simpson – a combination that conjures Ms Middleton's own blend of demure and daring.

The bodice … a touch of demure rusticity … is quilted, producing a rounded, all-girl outline.

No subsequent amount of demure posings across Southeast Asia could erase the impact of the viral topless photos.

Pearls have an old-fashioned, classic aura to them, and ribbons call to mind a sense of demure femininity.

In the event Ben Stokes was England's best bowler, hurtling in with wonderful gusto off that muscular run-up with its surprisingly demure last-second curtsy to the side of the stumps, his six wickets reward for unstinting aggression, no little skill and a now-familiar refusal to be intimidated by opposition or match situation.