Examples of unassuming in a Sentence

He's just an unassuming guy. They lived in an unassuming home.

Recent Examples on the Web Quiet and unassuming, Fitzpatrick also has an easy smile that hides a fierce competitive streak. — Bill Pennington, New York Times, 19 June 2022 An unassuming man, Guy puts up with all sorts of absurdities and indignities as the war plays out. — Alexander Mccall Smith, WSJ, 3 June 2022 Those that are venturing into the AI biases and societal power dynamics arena are trying to bring direct sunlight and rapt attention to an otherwise quiet or unassuming matter that would seemingly silently lay in wait. — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 22 May 2022 Michael Hebrard, a former PSU student who was the basketball team’s manager during Williams’ career, said the sharp-shooter was a very unassuming and friendly person. — oregonlive, 20 Apr. 2022 This verbal language shares with the visual language an unassuming, direct kind of poetry. — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 18 May 2022 Through it all, McCormick remains humble and unassuming, and deflects praise back to her students. — Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press, 12 Mar. 2022 Park’s organization, which works out of an unassuming office space in Seoul, is run by a team of seven millennials and Gen Zers who especially want to help the younger generation who make up the largest share of defectors. — Washington Post, 23 Apr. 2022 In March, Virginia’s College of William and Mary identified an unassuming cottage on its campus as one of the first schools for Black children in the Americas. — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Dec. 2021 See More

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