artlessness

Example Sentences

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Did his school peers get under his skin: their sense of entitlement, their contempt for the lower orders, their noise, their vulgarity and artlessness?

From The Guardian • Feb. 1, 2020

A highly orchestrated artlessness is a key part of the Polo brand.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 5, 2019

Even the most artful memoir lays claim to a certain artlessness.

From Slate • Nov. 8, 2019

He blurs the line between deliberate artlessness and accidental ineptness to such a degree that it’s hard to tell if the dialogue is meant to be as bland and clunky as it often is.

From New York Times • Mar. 25, 2019

It was the most interesting human document that had ever been unfolded to her, and all the more interesting because it was told with such artlessness and sincerity.

From A Gamble with Life by Hocking, Silas K. (Silas Kitto)