Example Sentences

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Then Beowulf, with fearless eyes, gazed in the face of the warden and told him simply and unboastfully who he was, from whence he came, and what was his errand.

From A Book of Myths by Stratton, Helen

"Well, 'tis oonly what has come in my way," said the carter unboastfully.

From Jude the Obscure by Hardy, Thomas