Sentence examples for modest or unpretentious from inspiring English sources
But, according to Abrahams, deflecting a compliment is not modest or unpretentious; it's actually a bit rude.
In his official appearances, Vaclav Havel is modest and unpretentious to the point of being almost nondescript.
WINE AND BEER -- A modest and unpretentious wine list, heavy on American vineyards.
Not just the main feature, but a whole package of supplementary material: newsreel, animation, maybe a live musical performance, and the ne plus ultra of modest, hypeless, unpretentious entertainment - the British B-movie.
A calm, publicity-shy diplomat who was more a mediator than a policy maker, Mr. Vance was one of the most modest and unpretentious men ever to hold the post.
Modest, incisive, unpretentious -- it is the most genuinely moving and unsentimental Holocaust memorial I have seen.
Often consequences are modest or nonexistent.
They are not modest or subtle or ashamed.
Modest or not, the standards have already delivered benefits.
