unobtrusive
Example Sentences
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Unobtrusive — even restrained — when heard through headphones, their sound blossoms into vibrant and dance-inducing tracks when performed onstage.
From Washington Post • Oct. 1, 2021
Unobtrusive they may be, but those anxious titles are a perfect build-up for the film, which charts the early days of , and “The Social Network” scores extra points for its poster.
From New York Times • Feb. 21, 2011
Unobtrusive, sharp-faced, medium-tall, grey-haired, he has been in the U.S. foreign service for 35 of his 54 years.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Unobtrusive English titles are flashed on a narrow screen above the stage to keep the playgoer abreast of action and dialogue.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Unobtrusive rhyme may be a help in certain cases, but what modern reader would say that a poem without rhyme is a body without a soul?
From The Last Harvest by Burroughs, John
Vocabulary lists containing unobtrusive
To Kill a Mockingbird
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Grade 10, List 5
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Power Prefix: un-
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