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Recent Examples of immodest In my family you were not allowed to be immodest or boastful. Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 28 June 2024 Outside is a sort of garden-style outdoor shower surrounded by bamboo fencing that is occasionally immodest. Christopher Cameron, Robb Report, 12 Mar. 2024 That shoe is currently retailing for an immodest $275. Martin Fritz Huber, Outside Online, 1 Feb. 2023 After Mahmoud, however, all of these parents now have a right to advance notice. Schools that fail to predict that a lesson about a Jewish woman with a career, a Hindu husband, or an immodest wardrobe will offend a parent’s religious belief will now face very serious financial consequences. Ian Millhiser, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018 See All Example Sentences for immodest
Recent Examples of Synonyms for immodest
Adjective
  • The raid, Jones says, also exposed familiar fault lines in labor and manufacturing.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Stop us if any of this sounds familiar.
    Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Jackson returns as Wes Bryant, a handsome, intelligent, but arrogant man who had just moved to Seattle and was revealed to be a new medical intern at Grey Sloan.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Jack Cutmore-Scott as Julius Beaufort, an arrogant new money banker at the center of New York society with an interest in Ellen.
    Joe Otterson, Variety, 2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • However, Ralph has a smug attitude when talking to Brad.
    Lisa Stardust, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Colum’s smug assurance that the wedding will happen soon is rocked when Ned shows up with news of the Grants’ suspicions about the raid.
    Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Thanks in advance' This phrase can seem presumptuous, undermining the other person's ability to say no.
    Melody Wilding, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2025
  • For someone to assume that, because they have been invited one year, they are entitled to celebrate with you in perpetuity is presumptuous.
    Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • IndieWire is proud to announce that Art House New York is launching, thanks to founder Lesli Klainberg, former president of Film at Lincoln Center.
    Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Pinochet was proud of his personal library, with books on guerrilla insurgencies, the writings of Antonio Gramsci and other Marxist theorists, and accounts of communist crimes.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The constant demands of parenting can make personal goals feel secondary or even selfish.
    Melissa Willets, Parents, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Yet her relationship with Ed is entirely selfish.
    Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2025

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“Immodest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immodest. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.

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