Example Sentences

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Because he was a quiet, sober person who lived an unusually unflamboyant life by the standards of celebrated American writers, it’s easy to miss how much he achieved.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 22, 2019

The two of them are focused, unflamboyant and warm, what my grandmother once usefully categorised as “real people” – not always easy to come by in showbiz.

From The Guardian • Oct. 28, 2018

Of these Mr. Brice is the best, an unflamboyant singer whose ballast-heavy songs hold steady through the tears.

From New York Times • Dec. 12, 2012

As anticipation grows that England can win the Ashes, or retain them in a drawn series at the very least, it is as a coach that Flower's surefooted, unflamboyant leadership has begun to attract attention.

From The Guardian • Nov. 23, 2010

At all times this sawed-off, unflamboyant man knew exactly where his affairs were at.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols