as in wallflower
a shy or reserved person although interested in the public welfare, he was too much of an introvert to consider personally running for political office

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Recent Examples of introvert In human terms, think of an introvert at a really bustling party. Conner Philson, The Conversation, 27 Mar. 2025 Throw in some karaoke and introverts like me are in Dante’s sixth circle of Hell. Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 25 May 2025 But he’s also lost the most radiant human being he’s ever come across, the extrovert to his introvert, the perfect soul mate. Sean T. Collins, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025 Glick views Tobias as an introvert who suffers for his art, but the suffering is rooted in a deep well of care. Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 29 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for introvert
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  • Despite a scene explicitly showing how Violet’s sister, Jen (Violette Beane), pressured Fahy’s wallflower protagonist into wearing a look that character wouldn’t typically put on, Jeffares Hourie still thought a lot about how that item ended up in her closet.
    Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 30 Apr. 2025
  • With plenty of punch, this collection is certainly not for the wallflowers.
    Kristina Rutkowski, Vogue, 28 Mar. 2025
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  • To find out whether bacteria would still collect PFAS chemicals inside a larger organism, the team used mice raised to lack a microbiome of their own and colonized the animals’ gut with several human microbiome bacteria that were shown to absorb PFAS.
    Nora Bradford, Scientific American, 4 July 2025
  • An inspector followed up on the complaint and found mice droppings in aisles 14-17, product that was chewed through and a live mouse, Turner said.
    Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025

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“Introvert.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/introvert. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.

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