lack of reserve

Example Sentences

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Their metal frame and heavy chassis and transmission combined with the lack of reserve buoyancy mean they sink quickly.

From Washington Times • May 5, 2020

While the rest of us waver and debate and hesitate, these guys pour everything into their instruments with no reservations — a lack of reserve that I needed to learn.

From Salon • Jul. 22, 2012

"Four hundred and eighteen dollars," replied the old man, with a lack of reserve that testified to his confidence in these unknown but respectful and sympathetic high school boys.

From The High School Boys' Training Hike by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)

He stopped, surprised at his own lack of reserve, at the freedom with which, to this friend of an hour, he spoke his inmost heart.

From Short Stories for English Courses by Mikels, Rosa Mary Redding

Besides his sense of propriety, there was another that was wounded by the lack of reserve which great ladies showed him, and that was his pride.

From Asbe?n From the Life of a Virtuoso by Schubin, Ossip