Примеры violet

• Cockerels, cowslips and violets are disappearing from many people's lives.

• The fact of the matter is that that very sophisticated lobby are not shrinking violets.

• We are no blushing violets, but we are also no bulldozers.

• He is not the most shrinking of violets in normal circumstances.

• If somebody was just selling violets, nobody would say that it was a nuisance.

• I remember, some months ago, taking my little granddaughter for a walk in the forest, when on a sunny bank she saw some violets.

• Neither is the posy holder which, by no stretch of imagination, can be said to be used for anything other than a bunch of primroses, violets or very small-stemmed flowers.

• When he enters, she sees the violets and asks how he came by them.