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Recent Examples of unashamed From last year's stunt of audience members throwing garbage at the runway models to this season's rebellious attitude, this label is all about creating noise and being unashamed of it. Jeetendr Sehdev, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024 Young people who had money were unashamed about it. Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024 That personality is London — unashamed, unabashed, and unafraid. Jack Francis, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2023 Barbie ends on a high note as an unashamed Barbie (Margot Robbie) puts her reproductive health first. Vulture, 24 July 2023 See All Example Sentences for unashamed
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Adjective
  • The work was specifically composed for Flores in 2018, taking unabashed advantage of not just the trumpeter’s lyricism but his gatling-gun articulation, unflappable stamina and chameleon flexibility.
    Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2025
  • Her unabashed support of Israel also stands in contrast to a range of other musicians who have denounced Israel or expressed pained ambivalence 19 months into the war in Gaza.
    Grace Gilson, Sun Sentinel, 9 June 2025
Adjective
  • Confronting Iran’s ruthless campaign of terror, nuclear ambitions, and regional aggression demands strength, resolve, and strategic clarity.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 21 June 2025
  • Michael Fassbender plays the deceased Apple guru — a flawed, ruthless, but ultimately compassionate soul.
    Tim Grierson, Vulture, 20 June 2025
Adjective
  • But while Boyle is proud of his influence on the zombie film landscape, he’s mostly abstained from watching any of those movies himself.
    Jake Kleinman, Wired News, 20 June 2025
  • That one small step was just the beginning, paving the way for a succession of shorts and feature-length films that have been proud to wear their sci-fi credentials on their Space Ranger sleeves.
    Richard Edwards, Space.com, 20 June 2025
Adjective
  • One is the diminished and unrepentant former governor who blames the left for his personal disgrace.
    Harry Siegel, New York Daily News, 14 June 2025
  • Bianca and Shaad, who are watching, are horrified, but Alicia is unrepentant.
    Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 16 May 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • Who better, then, to pry Eve loose than a rangy, rakish music journalist (Benjamin Bratt) whose game includes unironic hat-wearing and — like a dispiriting number of men in his age bracket — the unembarrassed deployment of Stephen Stills lyrics?
    Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Altman’s blog created a buzz on social media, with many speculating about what new development had caused Altman to write those words and others accusing Altman of shameless hype.
    Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 19 June 2025
  • The speech and award, according to Variety, is a shameless publicity stunt for a movie that Spacey is trying to sell at the festival.
    Rachel Handler, Vulture, 20 May 2025
Adjective
  • But instead of being exhilarating, Schindler’s List’s most memorable sequences are harrowing and sobering: Amon Göth (Ralph Fiennes) picking off Jewish prisoners with a rifle or the remorseless liquidation of the Jewish ghetto captured in all its cold cruelty.
    Tim Grierson, Vulture, 20 June 2025
  • Bashir’s mother wants Tahereh dead, especially since Tahereh has been remorseless.
    Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 6 June 2025
Adjective
  • What is a totalitarian leader other than an individualist taking that creed to its cruel conclusions, erasing the uniqueness of every other person into mere characters in a drama?
    Ed Simon June 23, Literary Hub, 23 June 2025
  • This realization reconfigures the entire book, recasting their ongoing dialogue and seemingly cordial relations as an interstellar jail—and the novel itself into an extended, especially cruel prison sentence.
    Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 21 June 2025

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“Unashamed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unashamed. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.

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