Example Sentences

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And this sense of unpretentiousness doesn’t merely extend to his musicianship.

From Salon • May 31, 2024

That approachability and unpretentiousness of our brand is one of our strengths.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 10, 2023

Superhero fans exhausted by bloated blockbusters should check out director Victor Vu’s Vietnamese action movie “Head Rush,” which overcomes its incredibly goofy plot thanks to some dynamic fight scenes and a general unpretentiousness.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 30, 2022

It’s a resolutely unpretentious book, that is, in defense of pretentiousness; and because of its very persuasiveness, it’s hard at times not to see its unpretentiousness as a dereliction of duty.

From Slate • Apr. 5, 2016

The journal is a running commentary on the multitudinous events which must crowd into such years as she passed in India, and is none the less pleasant for its simplicity and unpretentiousness.

From Mr. Murray's List of New and Recent Publications July, 1890 by Murray, John