It is very unobtrusive and usually takes some effort to see, but when flushed or startled, its behavior is characteristically un-plover-like, in that it will often hop and flutter about on the mossy cushions more like a passerine than any plover or shorebird.
The American bodyguards have become a political touchstone, despite their efforts to be unobtrusive and painstakingly polite.
The move from the downtown premises was part of an effort to keep the American presence unobtrusive.
His short time in Washington was unobtrusive, and he continued to campaign at home while others in the state's Congressional delegation established a more forceful presence as hurricane recovery efforts unfolded.
The agents do try to be unobtrusive.
She said she's worried that AT&T is pushing the city to build the tower without sufficiently exhausting efforts to find a more suitable, unobtrusive location as directed by the Planning Commission.
Unobtrusively, because social media is unobtrusive.
Tanne's efforts are helped greatly by Patrick Scola's unobtrusive cinematography, Lucio Seixas's simple production design, Megan Spatz's lived-in costumes, Evan Schiff's spot on editing (84 minutes) and a caressing musical score by Stephen James Taylor (Maya Angelou and Still I Rise).
Barbara K. Bodine, the American ambassador, calls it "the American footprint," and says every effort has been made to keep it as unobtrusive as the imperatives of the Cole recovery and inquiry allow.
In an effort to replicate an over-the-counter situation, counselling was as unobtrusive as possible.
But the Americans say the reports of Hezbollah's role at the Iranian camp offer important details about Iranian assistance to the militias, including efforts Iran appears to be making to train the fighters in unobtrusive ways.
