noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
shrinking violet
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
shrink
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Not all candidates are shrinking violets .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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After incubation for 3 days at 35.8°C, each microtitre plate was stained with 0.05% crystal violet in 25% ethyl alcohol.
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Cherries turn up again in a buttermilk pudding tricked out with rose petals and violets.
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He then unfolded and mounted his own, circular, of gentian violet gently banded with the lovely Dior gold.
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I sprinkled water in front of the altar, and put some flowers on it, violets and dogwood.
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Just walking down the hall was enough to make even the bravest shy violet hide her petals under her leaves.
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She was looking at the posy of Neapolitan violets that had just arrived from Alfred.
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She wore her corsage of violets and primroses pinned to the lapel of her grey suit.
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Where the two colours meet there is often a soft misty violet which gives the image a feeling of air and space.