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  • The gray clothes, the plain hairstyle, and the unassuming demeanor of my faction are supposed to make it easier for me to forget myself, and easier for everyone else to forget me too.  (source)
  • I mean she was naive and unassuming, a grown-up and a child at the same time, plus she was a touch crazy.  (source)
  • Although Nicholas and Perenelle continued to live quiet, unassuming lives, they gave a lot of their money to charity, and founded hospitals, churches and orphanages.  (source)
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  • But then, neither did the nearsighted, unassuming janitor Alfred T Slipper.  (source)
    unassuming = humble
  • And from a quiet modesty that would have become a vestal, which seemed continually to impress upon him that he had no great claim on the world's room, Oak walked unassumingly and with a faintly perceptible bend, yet distinct from a bowing of the shoulders.†  (source)
  • Qendrim was an able midfielder, capable of directing his teammates and setting up his talented front line, while Shahir, a quiet and unassuming left midfielder, was getting more confident and reliable with each practice.  (source)
  • Quietly, unassumingly Rumbold stepped on to the scaffold in faultless morning dress and wearing his favourite flower, the Gladiolus Cruentus.†  (source)
  • The others made way for this apparently unassuming man as if he had some status among them.  (source)
  • ...they were thinking seriously of contracting to a modest and unassuming D.  (source)
  • Cinna comes in with what appears to be an unassuming yellow dress across his arms.†  (source)
  • He liked the community's stasis, its plebeian virtues and unassuming mien.†  (source)
  • When the Prince wishes them a goodnight with the unassuming smile of the house, neither says a word.†  (source)
  • The office reflected the man—hugely impressive and unassuming at once.†  (source)
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