unassumed

Example Sentences

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In the finished film Rogers' unassumed self-consciousness helps to make sharper his portrait of an Oklahoma oil man who takes his family to Paris to get background.

From Time Magazine Archive

His quiet unassumed familiarity with every museum and library on the Continent astonishes even the most erudite Teuton. 

From Masques & Phases by Ross, Robert

The terrified householders threw open their doors with unassumed alacrity.

From The Blue Lights A Detective Story by Kummer, Frederic Arnold

"Oh, yes," assented Kirkwood, with a nonchalance not entirely unassumed.

From The Black Bag by Vance, Louis Joseph

Sir Andrew's eyes followed the pretty little figure, until it had quite disappeared, then they met Lady Blakeney's with unassumed merriment.

From The Scarlet Pimpernel by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness