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Recent Examples of unabashed There was an unabashed openness about altering one’s appearance, not just in advertisements and commercials but in casual conversation, too. Jane Ciabattari august 26, Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2025 The Uber Eats commercial, which has yet to air, was filmed in Pennsylvania and co-stars actor/director and unabashed Eagles fan Bradley Cooper. Rick Stroud, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025 Such an unabashed display of strength and aggression from larger trans men — and a crowd cheering them on to boot. James Factora, Them., 13 Aug. 2025 Gamble has been hanging around for a few episodes, brightening up scenes with his unabashed enthusiasm for Starfleet in general and his assignment on the Enterprise in particular. Keith Phipps, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unabashed
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unabashed
Adjective
  • What’s different, after 25 years of all that freshly unashamed ABBA love, is that our wistful nostalgia isn’t just for ABBA anymore.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Most notable was the character Marty Morrison on Barney Miller, an out-of-the-closet and unashamed gay man.
    Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 26 July 2025
Adjective
  • Hilaria Baldwin and Gleb Savchenko showed off their Cha Cha skills loud and proud tonight!
    Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The best people aren’t too proud to prove themselves on the ground.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The way Skye nestles her head into the crook of her brother’s neck or drapes herself across his legs after an unembarrassed display of grief is ineffably moving.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Del Rey’s feathery croon was totally wrong for the song, which calls for an unembarrassed quality that’s not part of her whole deal.
    Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • These platforms are governed by algorithms that tend to prioritize engagement above all else, amplifying the loudest, most shameless users because these voices will draw in other voices.
    Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Things don’t go well, resulting in a Lord of the Flies–esque battle between, among others, Jude Law’s idealist and Ana de Armas’s shameless sensualist.
    Will Leitch, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025

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“Unabashed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unabashed. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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