artlessness

Example Sentences

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But this seeming artlessness skillfully blends many kinds of storytelling, from observation to fantasy.

From New York Times • Jan. 14, 2022

Did his school peers get under his skin: their sense of entitlement, their contempt for the lower orders, their noise, their vulgarity and artlessness?

From The Guardian • Feb. 1, 2020

Even the most artful memoir lays claim to a certain artlessness.

From Slate • Nov. 8, 2019

If “Pavarotti” tells you anything about the man, it’s that that is what he was like: boyish, impulsive, a genuine enthusiast who combined artistry and artlessness in a way that was difficult to resist.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2019

Frederick!" cried Marie, reproachfully, but her son was gone; so turning her lovely face, down which tears were now streaming, to David, she said, with touching artlessness: "Ah, monsieur, I must again ask your pardon.

From The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence by Sue, Eug?ne