Example Sentences

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At least one couple, Drohman related, were quietly wed with their ordained minister and witnesses unostentatiously seated at a table in the back room.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 12, 2022

At the core of that experience are the 10 unostentatiously extraordinary dancers.

From New York Times • Feb. 11, 2022

Sam has always been loyal and generous, neurotic and melodramatic, wickedly but unostentatiously smart, frank and funny and someone who makes the people around him feel funny, too, because he laughs frequently and hard.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 12, 2016

“Dark Star” reveals Giger’s bizarre home, filled with skulls, statues, books, paintings, gigantic watches and, unostentatiously on a bookshelf, his golden Academy Award statuette.

From Washington Times • May 24, 2015

The chauffeur remained in the car, keeping his face unostentatiously concealed.

From The Spy in Black by Clouston, J. Storer (Joseph Storer)