All 10 Uses of
unobtrusive
in
The Bourne Supremacy
- The Zhongguo ren remained outside, his hand unobtrusively under his loose tunic, his own eyes darting about the crazy street, a thoroughfare he could not understand.†
Chpt I *unobtrusively = in a manner that fits in so as not to attract much attention or disturb
- His weekly seminars often continued far beyond the hour when they were scheduled to end, so Marie never planned dinner, knowing they would go out to eat, their two unobtrusive guards somewhere in the darkness behind them — as one was walking across the barely-visible field behind him now, the other no doubt inside the gym.†
Chpt 3unobtrusive = fitting in so as not to attract much attention or disturb
- Instead, he had unobtrusively read their identification tags and, after they left, wrote the names down and placed the pieces of paper with his personal belongings in the bureau drawer.†
Chpt 5unobtrusively = in a manner that fits in so as not to attract much attention or disturb
- Webb took out his leather money clip and unobtrusively removed an American $20 bill.†
Chpt 8
- He had so many things to do before 4: 30, when he intended to station himself unobtrusively somewhere near the employees' exit, or down inside the hotel garage, or wherever he learned he could follow and trap the waxen-faced Liang, his first connection.†
Chpt 8
- She sidestepped her way around the players to the right corner and spoke quickly to the dealer, who reached under the counter and unobtrusively gave her the folded note.†
Chpt 15
- 'Sometimes I think the time passes more quickly when we are flooded with problems,' said the second, somewhat older clerk to his younger associate-in-training as he removed the half-page computer print-out from beneath the counter and unobtrusively shoved it into his pocket.†
Chpt 18
- We must be as quick and as unobtrusive as possible.†
Chpt 18unobtrusive = fitting in so as not to attract much attention or disturb
- A weapon that could be fired or released silently, unobtrusively from a restricted, densely populated area, its effect delayed long enough for the killer to reposition himself and make a clean escape.†
Chpt 19unobtrusively = in a manner that fits in so as not to attract much attention or disturb
- A last cab rounded the circle, about to join the line when Jason rushed into the street, holding up the palms of his hands unobtrusively.†
Chpt 23