immodest

Example Sentences

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The determination to find greatness in the ordinary gives “Song Sung Blue” a magical, unforced luminescence that much more immodest films usually lack.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025

The original book was published in 1995 and it has — I'm being immodest in saying — but weathered well.

From Salon • Dec. 28, 2024

In my family you were not allowed to be immodest or boastful.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2024

Some ultra-Orthodox consider images of women to be immodest, and haredi media often erase the images of women from news photos.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 7, 2023

Her eyes go wide, her hands flutter over her heart, as though the wound is immodest and she needs to cover it.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black