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How to use demurely in a sentence

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She sat demurely, which was very unlike her usual loud and unruly self, and stared at the wall, barely blinking.
Looking prim and proper, and every inch a little lady, Miss Destiny looked demurely down at her hands.
The neck line dipped demurely and the long sleeves puffed slightly at the shoulders.
Later, she is presented as a rather dowdy vestal virgin or as an elegant but staid matron demurely working on her embroidery.
She kissed him goodbye demurely, and he tipped his hat and set off with a swagger and a too tight gold band on his little finger.
Melbourne, Australia's second largest city, resides demurely in the shadow cast by its more flamboyant sister city, Sydney.
In subsequent prints, the demurely phallic-shaped object gradually metastasizes into a whorling explosion.
He seated himself demurely with his legs drawn closely to one side, posing for the cameras as though for a fashion shoot.
The girls are all demurely dressed in pleated navy blue skirts with pale blue and white sailor tops.
The figure in a modest black gown and lacy apron bowed her head demurely.
He had originally proposed an idea for a tamer programme, aimed at a young audience but with contestants sitting demurely on a sofa answering general knowledge questions.
You can be demurely sipping a cup of tea on the veranda of the old Moana Hotel, or boldly practicing your marksmanship at the Royal Hawaiian Shooting Club.
The garment, in a style usually worn demurely under a sari, is quintessentially Indian.
Trading is now done rather demurely, by pecking at a keyboard.
She demurely rearranged her skirts and sat with her back erect.
They are demurely dressed and stuffed into shiny shopping bags, soon to be tattered but reused in my new life.
Whether a cow passes gas loudly, also known as tearing beef, or demurely emits an SBD makes no difference.
Others, especially those that live in grass or low bushes, are demurely clad and protectively coloured, although even these may be attractively spotted and streaked.
With the wonder and trauma of childbirth diligently scrubbed away, she appears as a picture of springtime freshness-hands folded, head bowed, eyes downcast demurely.
That movie has a prologue, set in 1816, where, in Hollywood's idea of a Regency salon, Elsa Lanchester as Mary Shelley is found demurely embroidering.
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Examples from Classical Literature
Smiling demurely, even blandly, Lawton rolled his sheave of bacon to and fro upon its kidneys.
A stalwart Lettish peasant boy answers demurely, Because I havent money enough.
Her black suit fitted her figure smoothly, and a black lace hat, with pale-blue forget-me-nots, sat demurely on her yellow hair.
Rose Waterford cast down her eyes demurely to give greater effect to her reply.
Farther down, before one of the cottages, a lady in black was walking demurely up and down, telling her beads.
The little rogue thought I had not seen her, and, drawing back, she took her former station by the window, quite demurely.
When he reached the doorstep, Sidney was demurely seated and quite alone.
They came out where they had gone in, Fleur walking demurely.
She was as demurely grave as ever, but his suspicions were again aroused.
Her hair of a Lorelei was demurely coiled and wound about her little head.
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