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Recent Examples of wallflower
Cameras have rolled in London on Season 2 of Sweetpea, which stars Purnell as the killer wallflower.
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Max Goldbart, Deadline, 6 Aug. 2025
Forget those wallflowers and wow your guests with the extrovert of the dessert world.
—Josh Miller, Southern Living, 28 June 2025
Wolodarsky’s voice has such a wallflower quality to it, apt for Kylie, whose asides are barely acknowledged half the time.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 12 June 2025
But, for now, the totality of the economic data isn’t expected to draw out Federal Reserve policymakers from their monthslong stint as wallflowers, economists say.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 11 June 2025
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Max Goldbart, Deadline, 6 Aug. 2025
Forget those wallflowers and wow your guests with the extrovert of the dessert world.
—Josh Miller, Southern Living, 28 June 2025
Wolodarsky’s voice has such a wallflower quality to it, apt for Kylie, whose asides are barely acknowledged half the time.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 12 June 2025
But, for now, the totality of the economic data isn’t expected to draw out Federal Reserve policymakers from their monthslong stint as wallflowers, economists say.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 11 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wallflower
Noun
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Presumably introverts are less worried about them as a result.—
Diane Brady,
Fortune,
2 Oct. 2025
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Internet users can’t get enough of Mason’s refusal to engage with the other pups at day care, as many fellow introverts could relate.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The researchers then replicated this outcome in mouse models — when the mice received a combination of immunotherapy drugs and an mRNA vaccine targeting the COVID-19 spike protein, their tumors became more responsive to treatment.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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After twenty years in New York City, the novelty of being a country mouse in the big city had worn off.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Wallflower.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wallflower. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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