I felt safe - she seemed like a demure young woman.

"She was never a shy or demure woman," says a female cardiologist who studied under her at Hopkins.

It was like a kissing booth at a county fair: eager men, demure women, a big white tent.

Six demure women - good little girls, almost - launch into simple ballet phrases on a stage filled with golden light.

Now she is a beautiful but demure young woman looking forward to many, many more years as a humble servant of the empire.

For the truly demure woman, there are swim dresses.

Pakito was a man engaged to be married to Liling, a modest and demure woman.

It was a 3-B student, a demure young Vietnamese woman.

Now, of course, there are many demure women who choose to dress in this way to display their true colors.