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Recent Examples of immodest 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 Many women were particularly outraged by Hill’s insinuation that Brady, by trying to make a name for herself in surfing, was somehow being immodest or disrespectful. Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 26 July 2023 And now we are stuck with the decidedly immodest, corrupt Succession. Armond White, National Review, 5 Apr. 2023 See All Example Sentences for immodest
Recent Examples of Synonyms for immodest
Adjective
  • Managers saw themselves as solving the equivalent of familiar jigsaw puzzles.
    Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 6 July 2025
  • The whole first half of the season saw Hamilton struggle to adapt to the Italian race car, and Silverstone was another chapter in a familiar story.
    Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 July 2025
Adjective
  • In 2022, Ackles joined the cast of Prime Video's The Boys as arrogant superhero Soldier Boy.
    Brianne Tracy, People.com, 4 July 2025
  • Her larger-than-life ego and past as a shaman make Player 044 come off as arrogant and selfish, getting under just about everyone's skin.
    EW.com, EW.com, 4 July 2025
Adjective
  • In Superman, Bennett steps into the shoes of Steve Lombard, the Daily Planet's smug sports reporter.
    EW.com, EW.com, 28 June 2025
  • One of Ferrell’s biggest and best movies was this hilarious racing spoof, which followed the rise and fall and rise of a smug champion racer, his complicated friendship with best pal and fellow racer John C. Reilly, and his rivalry with an effete, snotty Frenchman played by Sacha Baron Cohen.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 27 June 2025
Adjective
  • The former athlete/coach-mind in me couldn’t help but cringe…is ND being too presumptuous here?
    Pete Sampson, The Athletic, 23 July 2024
  • Well, living in the present tense is perhaps being a bit presumptuous for Felicity, but which sister murdered whom and is now impersonating them is for Charlie to sort out.
    Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 9 May 2025
Adjective
  • Our more than 18,000 Bombardier employees are proud to welcome this new, important customer to our family.
    Doug Gollan, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • Once again, Newsweek is proud to highlight your voices.
    Joshua Sammons, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
Adjective
  • Her larger-than-life ego and past as a shaman make Player 044 come off as arrogant and selfish, getting under just about everyone's skin.
    EW.com, EW.com, 4 July 2025
  • While the Great Lakes tunnel has been pitched as a safer option than leaving Line 5 alone without secondary containment, Gravelle said that's a narrow and selfish view.
    Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 3 July 2025

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“Immodest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immodest. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.

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