immodest

Example Sentences

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The determination to find greatness in the ordinary gives “Song Sung Blue” a magical, unforced luminescence that much more immodest films usually lack.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025

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

From Salon • Dec. 28, 2024

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

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2024

Iranian authorities have said that Ms Amini had been wearing immodest clothes at the time of her arrest.

From BBC • Sep. 22, 2022

I avoid looking down at my body, not so much because it’s shameful or immodest but because I don’t want to see it.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood