unpretending
Example Sentences
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He runs and swings freely and smiles an unpretending Nebraska smile.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 6, 2017
In fact nothing could well be more simple — more utterly unpretending than this cottage.
From New York Times ● Oct. 26, 2011
In Brooklyn Rev. Henry H. Proctor is the unpretending pastor of an unpretentious little Congregational Church and its equally unpretentious membership.
From Time Magazine Archive
I still recall with pleasure this unpretending spot, which I first saw ten years after this time; and I understand why my father liked it and my mother was bound to dislike it.
From A Russian Gentleman by S. T. (Sergei Timofeevich) Aksakov
It is filled with beautifully executed elevations and plans of country houses from the most unpretending cottage to the villa.
From The Second War with England, Vol. 2 of 2 by Joel Tyler Headley
