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

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

From The Black Bag by Vance, Louis Joseph

"What on earth do you mean?" asked his hostess, in unassumed stupefaction.

From Mrs. Dud's Sister by Bacon, Josephine Dodge Daskam

Just now, a lately vacated bed was made up on the sofa; a recently used washing basin stood on a chair; whilst Miss Meakin's unassumed garments strewed the floor.

From Sparrows: the story of an unprotected girl by Newte, Horace W. C. (Horace Wykeham Can)

Cortlandt was always attentive and courteous, without being demonstrative, while his wife showed a charming graciousness that was plainly unassumed.

From The Ne'er-Do-Well by Beach, Rex Ellingwood