without pretense
Example Sentences
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People utterly without pretense, just trying to have a good time, and over them all as a sort of governor of kindness Martin Vanderhof, father and grandfather.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2023
“They are tied to the ground on which they sit and to the people who sit within them. They have presence without pretense and an impact shaped by grace.”
From Seattle Times • Mar. 15, 2022
Despite his wealth, he is reportedly plain-spoken and without pretense, and just goes by "Al" to people he meets.
From Salon • Aug. 14, 2021
But Mr. Petrenko’s conducting, for all its theatricality, is without pretense.
From New York Times • Jan. 24, 2020
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
