Mr. Peace was not deceived by the boy's demureness. From Wordnik.com. [Jack of Both Sides The Story of a School War] Reference
There was a twinkle of mischief in Norah's demureness. From Wordnik.com. [The Pleasant Street Partnership A Neighborhood Story] Reference
"I'll wait here," she said with surprising demureness. From Wordnik.com. [Behold the Stars]
‘Certainly,’ replied Mrs V. with great demureness. From Wordnik.com. [Barnaby Rudge] Reference
Her assumption of demureness and sanctity vanished utterly. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, November 7, 1891] Reference
A look of intense relief floated across the strained demureness of. From Wordnik.com. [Secret Bread] Reference
Leyladin offered a mock grimace, then smoothed her face back into demureness. From Wordnik.com. [Colors of Chaos]
In the first line, the voice should show how funny it all is; in the second, the demureness of the. From Wordnik.com. [Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Literature] Reference
"Can he run?" said Mr. Linden with comic demureness. From Wordnik.com. [Say and Seal, Volume I] Reference
"I always come out in the morning," she replied with sudden demureness. From Wordnik.com. [Adam Johnstone's Son] Reference
She did nothing of the kind; only looked at me with irritating demureness. From Wordnik.com. [The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel] Reference
She looked straight in front of her with a strange old-fashioned demureness. From Wordnik.com. [With Edged Tools] Reference
At this point Judy's demureness gave way and she laughed till the tears came. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Disappearing] Reference
Whereupon Miss Linden's face went into a depth of demureness that was wonderful. From Wordnik.com. [Say and Seal, Volume II] Reference
The Countess's letter is a mixture of pious demureness and querulous selfishness. From Wordnik.com. [A Forgotten Hero Not for Him] Reference
The hard shining of her eyes softened again to a sort of demureness and tenderness. From Wordnik.com. [The Lost Girl] Reference
Harriet all the afternoon, and walked about the house with a demureness quite unusual. From Wordnik.com. [Dotty Dimple At Home] Reference
"Nay, good my lord, nay," returned Sibyll, shaking her head with thoughtful demureness. From Wordnik.com. [The Last of the Barons — Complete] Reference
'You approve, so far?' enquired Rollo, with dangerous demureness in the wise gray eyes. From Wordnik.com. [The Gold of Chickaree] Reference
Hastings glanced at the prim demureness written on each blooming visage, and replied. From Wordnik.com. [The Last of the Barons — Complete] Reference
A gentlemanly humility, or demureness of aspect, when seen, would, he hoped, disarm his enemy. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Short Works of George Meredith] Reference
"Is that what you are, then?" asked Elsie, with a demureness that rivaled Tilly's best efforts. From Wordnik.com. [The Sunbridge Girls at Six Star Ranch] Reference
Carquinez Woods, but assumed a feline demureness quite inconsistent with any moral dereliction. From Wordnik.com. [In the Carquinez Woods] Reference
And she chid and checked her ward, restored her to the usual impulsive, affectionate demureness. From Wordnik.com. [The Lost Girl] Reference
His wardrobe, plentiful as assuredly it was, had not been equipped in unison with such demureness. From Wordnik.com. [Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography] Reference
The calm demureness of this speech was too much for Alicia, and she went off in peals of laughter. From Wordnik.com. [Two Little Women on a Holiday] Reference
She hath demureness and dignity, and suits me better than yon whimsical baggage you are all mad over. From Wordnik.com. [Richard Carvel — Complete] Reference
"If he could come to know of my interest!" she echoed, glancing down at herself with mock demureness. From Wordnik.com. [The Guest of Quesnay] Reference
And then she let herself be drawn out, with the drollest mixture of arch demureness and gracious caprice. From Wordnik.com. [Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster] Reference
How Fink can do something so sexily charged and yet balance against a certain demureness, I'll never know. From Wordnik.com. [Fleen: Home Of The Webcomics Action News Team!] Reference
When at last they met again she was on her best behaviour, in fact, she was modesty and demureness itself. From Wordnik.com. [The Way of All Flesh] Reference
Or did you get into these dilemmas that made it necessary, merely by the demureness of your looks and ways?. From Wordnik.com. [Liber Amoris, or, the New Pygmalion] Reference
His eyes had a twinkle in them and his large horn spectacles gave him a demureness which was not a little diverting. From Wordnik.com. [The Trembling of a Leaf Little Stories of the South Sea Islands] Reference
Susie Billings, minus her khaki and cartridges, looked the picture of demureness in white muslin and baby-blue ribbons. From Wordnik.com. [The Sunbridge Girls at Six Star Ranch] Reference
When he did this, Eleanore would smile with marked demureness, as if it were not right for her to see two people in love. From Wordnik.com. [Gänsemännchen. English] Reference
"Yes, sir -- I thought you had forgotten," said Faith; not with perfect demureness, which she would like to have achieved. From Wordnik.com. [Say and Seal, Volume I] Reference
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