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Parliament is a robust place and nobody in this house is a shrinking violet.
www.brisbanetimes.com.au Do you tend to be the shrinking violet?
www.mirror.co.uk He's definitely not a shrinking violet, or one of those types.
www.birminghammail.co.uk There's not a shrinking violet in the bunch -- and the revival aims to honor its taboo origins.
www.vanityfair.com But in person he is more shrinking violet than lounge lizard.
www.telegraph.co.uk 互联网提供的例句（未经PONS编辑处理）
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www.metacolor.de "When Johannes Itten speaks of "violet" in his theory of colors, he means a color whose hue is very similar to our blue."
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"Wenn Johannes Itten in seiner Farbenlehre von "Violett" spricht, meint er eine Farbe, deren Farbton sehr nah bei unserem Blau liegt".
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www.nierendorf.com three woodcuts, hand-printed by the artist with the wood block Vogt 139, on one sheet of japan paper with coloured crayon in siena, green and violet, the artists estate, 135 x 176 mm around 1922/23
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3 Durchreibedrucke des Künstlers vom Holzstock Vogt 139, auf einem Japanbogen mit Kreiden in Siena, Grün, Violett, Nachlaß, insgesamt 135 x 176 mm um 1922/23
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www.mpia.de The dust emission is more absorbed towards the southeast (bottom left) than the northwest (top right), illustrated by the change from violet to green colours.
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Die Staubemission wird in Richtung Südosten (unten links) stärker absorbiert als in Richtung Nordwesten (oben rechts), verdeutlicht durch den Farbwechsel von Violett zu Grün.
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