Sentence examples for Unassuming presence from inspiring English sources

Although Nelson had an unassuming presence, "you mustn't mistake that for softness.

By most accounts, the young Sebald was an unassuming presence at Manchester.

The self-titled début album by the U.K. rapper Manonmars is almost daringly casual, with a quiet, unassuming presence.

An unassuming presence, he could be any athlete's father, just turned up to cheer on his daughter.

He began his rise as an administrator and technical expert on the early industrialisation programmes, an unassuming presence below the Hoxha inner circle.

In Congress, Mr. Payne was a low-key and unassuming presence who nonetheless made a mark in a number of areas, including education and global affairs.

At 72, he has an unassuming physical presence; slightly stooped and professorial, he speaks in low tones, his English heavily accented.

Sitting in a coffee shop in San Francisco a month ago, explaining his plans in neat mathematical style, Mr. Newmark presented an unassuming public presence.

But Maguire has selected roles in arty films in which he could use his open-faced looks, soft voice and unassuming physical presence -- what Ang Lee, who directed him in "The Ice Storm" and "Ride With the Devil," calls his "poetic, soothing quality" -- to great advantage, never more so than as "Spider-Man"'s Peter Parker, the harmless dweeb who has superheroism thrust upon him.

I had company: the unassuming, reliable, dark presence of mountains.

He was one of those quiet, unassuming actors whose presence guaranteed dependability: instantly recognisable, soon forgotten, always welcome; an open moon face, a clarion-clear voice (the result of a proper training in repertory theatre), a discreet presence.