The senior exec finally acknowledged his female colleague who sat demurely opposite him throughout the pitch.

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Before, fashion photographs were shot in soft focus, with the model looking demurely away from the camera and in decorous sitting rooms.

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Living with parents, however open-minded they are, does tend to make you behave a bit more demurely with friends of the other sex.

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The 20W box will play audio streamed from any AirPlay-capable device on the same WiFi network while it sits demurely on a wall outlet.

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And of course, there are the watches, gleaming demurely in their vitrines, exuding the gamine charm of a debutante whose hand you wonder if you dare ask for at the dance.

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Her hair and face were covered in dirt as she was carried out on a stretcher, her bright pink dupatta, or scarf, wrapped demurely over her neck and chest in the traditional Bangladeshi Muslim manner.

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We continue to wait to be noticed by the GC of Dell, fail to ask for raises at American Airlines, demurely refuse to promote ourselves at Verizon, or politely avoid singing our praises at Kraft.

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