without pretense
Example Sentences
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That must be validating for people watching the show with their teenagers, especially since scenes show them behaving as their natural selves without pretense or app filters.
From Salon • May 21, 2025
The frustration has led to a Sounders 2024 season without pretense.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 23, 2024
But Mr. Petrenko’s conducting, for all its theatricality, is without pretense.
From New York Times • Jan. 24, 2020
He’s a priest without pretense, who has worn green florescent sneakers during Mass and greets people with his favorite phrases, “See you in church!” and “Pray for me, what harm could it do?”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 25, 2019
He offered me a seat and without pretense asked if I wanted to see the questions he planned to ask me.
From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin
