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

But Mr. Petrenko’s conducting, for all its theatricality, is without pretense.

From New York Times • Jan. 24, 2020

“Ninety-nine percent of what I make will go to others,” says Buffett without pretense, and he means it.

From Salon • Jan. 31, 2017

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