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Meanings of unpretending in English
Usage of unpretending in English
1
Ashby himself was always there; and an agreeable, unpretending gentleman he was.
2
His house was famous for its unpretending hospitalities, especially to American travellers.
3
The interior of the cabin was no less unpretending and simple.
4
And yet the tale was so simple and sweet and sad and unpretending.
5
An unpretending, flowing prelude; then suddenly the tones of the singer.
6
She always fetched the children from the station in her own unpretending carriage.
7
We were married, there, in Troy in the quietest and most unpretending manner.
8
In fact nothing could well be more simple-moreutterly unpretending than this cottage.
9
Jeremy Belknap holds an honored place in that unpretending row of local historians.
10
In a word, he wore the unpretending uniform of a master.
11
That struggling congregation still worships devoutly in its original, unpretending temple.
12
It was a most unpretending structure, and was quite overshadowed by the R.C.
13
He opened the mine and built a little unpretending ten-stamp mill.
14
Indeed, one rather wonders that the unpretending explorer writes so well.
15
These wishes were, by the way, of a rather unpretending character.
16
You have a singularly fine & aristocratic disrespect for homely & unpretending English.
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United Kingdom
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