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

If ornamental bordering, or initial lettering is adopted, the most chaste and unpretending should be preferred.

From The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews by Lunettes, Henry

This work is a curiosity as a specimen of the literature of the late "Confederate States of America," and of course its typography and general execution are plain and unpretending.

From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Rameur, E.