How to Use demure in a Sentence

demure

adjective

• She was wearing a demure gray suit.
• The front keeps things demure, but a trendy back cutout shows just enough skin to stay interesting.
  — Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 3 Oct. 2024
• In the aftermath,Tammany leaders played down their ambitions and put on demure faces in public.
  — Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2024
• Far from helpless and demure, Rosa Salazar’s Roxane has more in common with her cousin than with any other character in the play.
  — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2024
• Glad My Mom Died, and cry in public (just a few glistening tears on my cheek, very demure and mindful or whatever that trend is).
  — R29 Team, refinery29.com, 9 Oct. 2024
• How could one piece be so funky and demure at the same time?
  — Cortne Bonilla, harpersbazaar.com, 13 May 2023
• The graphite shade also brings a demure elegance to the room.
  — Gaby Keiderling, harpersbazaar.com, 14 Apr. 2023
• The demure trend is quite different from the brat trend.
  — Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 16 Aug. 2024
• And the yellow looks just great: bright and glossy on the iPhone’s back, more demure and restrained on the aluminum edge band.
  — David Phelan, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2023
• The clothes can be as demure or erotic as the wearer chooses.
  — Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR, 18 Feb. 2023
• Due to the boldness of the dress, Jenna's accessories were a bit more demure.
  — Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 23 Dec. 2022
• Margot has an air of mystery to her, and her chic, demure wardrobe only adds to this.
  — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 5 Oct. 2021
• But this time Moss ditched the demure nude slip and just went for a bright turquoise bikini underneath.
  — Chrissy Rutherford, Harper's BAZAAR, 4 Aug. 2014
• Because who says a bow's oft-demure nature doesn't play well with hints of va-va-voom?
  — Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 16 Aug. 2019
• And Selina might as well be wearing a white veil the whole movie; that’s how demure and pure of heart she is written to be.
  — Natalia Winkelman, BostonGlobe.com, 29 June 2022
• Smokey Robinson had his own kind of stage presence that is more demure.
  — Taylor Mims, Billboard, 28 June 2024
• Her hair was slicked back giving the overall outfit a very demure vibe.
  — Avery Matera, Teen Vogue, 23 Aug. 2018
• There's a growing number of folks on TikTok who want to be demure.
  — Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 16 Aug. 2024
• Don't be demure at Christmas, Hanukkah and New Years' parties.
  — Jack Kelly, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2022
• And these are not demure little paintings tucked away in a back alley.
  — Shay Maunz, Glamour, 25 Aug. 2017
• Hilton Rothschild was demure in a long black dress, over-the-elbow leather gloves, and her hair pulled up into a messy blonde bun.
  — Tracey Harrington McCoy, Peoplemag, 3 Feb. 2023
• But the real standout detail was the high-slit on the right leg, adding a pop to an otherwise demure look for the A-lister event.
  — Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 30 Mar. 2023
• The striking hue of this demure, bold custom gown, which is stunning on her and makes her ACLU pin stand out that much brighter.
  — The Fug Girls, Cosmopolitan, 27 Feb. 2017
• Per Live Science’s Owen Jarus, the lions’ demure stature suggests they were not fully grown at the time of their death.
  — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 26 Nov. 2019
• Why so suddenly demure about the prospects of being stripped of his jersey?
  — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 19 Jan. 2020
• Making sure to keep the focus on her daring gown, Katie left her hair and makeup a bit more demure.
  — Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 11 Nov. 2022
• That sweet, demure silhouette is a favorite of the royal’s.
  — Christian Allair, Vogue, 11 July 2021
• The costume is wrong and the image creates a myth Austen was a demure spinster and not a deep-thinking author.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, PEOPLE.com, 18 July 2017
• The Hotel Vegas looks the part of a derelict roadhouse, and Charles' demure but hard-bitten cosmic county fit right in with the scene.
  — August Brown, latimes.com, 15 Mar. 2018
• Afraid he would get frustrated with Wafa’s sass, Kassim urged her to be more demure.
  — Caitlin Dwyer, Longreads, 29 May 2021

Last Updated: 15 Nov 2024