immodest

Example Sentences

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Its brief to the state Justices argues that Mr. Kaul’s “immodest proposal” is “wrong for at least ten reasons.”

From The Wall Street Journal

In the past, parents have sued school districts objecting, on religious grounds, to lessons that touch on topics as diverse as divorce, interfaith couples and “immodest dress.”

From Salon

The original book was published in 1995 and it has — I'm being immodest in saying — but weathered well.

From Salon

“The perception of me has definitely changed,” he says, which is the closest he can bring himself to being immodest.

From Los Angeles Times

In my family you were not allowed to be immodest or boastful.

From Los Angeles Times