Example Sentences

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US President Donald Trump has been unashamedly open about the fact that the US is the dominant power on the continent.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

“But I really want to show the other side. She’s so unashamedly capable. She is not a woman who hides her strengths at all.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2026

As Ms. Kilpatrick notes, Ravel sometimes deflected praise for “Boléro,” his most famous work—and yet “he was unashamedly delighted when, passing a building site . . . he heard three construction workers whistling his tune.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

Mamdani, who unashamedly describes himself as a socialist and campaigned on reducing costs for ordinary New Yorkers, was leading by seven points on 41 percent in the latest AtlasIntel poll.

From Barron's • Nov. 4, 2025

But he could smell unfamiliar spices on the air, and hear men and women speaking to each other in a hundred tongues, and he gawked and gazed unashamedly.

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman