without pretense

The frustration has led to a Sounders 2024 season without pretense.

It's pure, it's without pretense, it's without the sexual connotations.

She was refreshingly without pretense: I showed up 15 minutes early for the interview.

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.

Hostile sports fans called him appalling names, and it’s shocking to watch the clips of opposing players whacking him without pretense of going for the ball — or the ball being anywhere near him.