The phrase "without showing off" can be used in written English.
It is usually used to describe someone who is doing something without actively trying to make it known or draw attention to themselves. For example, "She climbed to the top of the mountain without showing off, but still proud of her accomplishment."
Must impress without showing off, to keep peace among friends.
"Without showing off," Williams says, leaning forward in her chair and looking at me with lively, attentive eyes.
He was famous for responding clearly and directly without showing off or talking down, whether it was to a television audience, an overconfident student or a boxing titleholder.
Lauren Groff's second novel, "Arcadia," arrives bearing enthusiastic blurbs from Kate Walbert and Richard Russo (who claims "it's not possible to write any better without showing off").
Mr. Schreiber gets the idioms and inflections of southern New England working-class speech exactly right, without showing off about it.
Best of all, Kent offers a wealth of engaging detail — from how to make blood sausage to why it's necessary to swing a newborn lamb — without showing off or distorting her story to accommodate these nuggets.
This uniquely generous British actor makes a powerful impression without ever showing off or stealing scenes.
Not incidentally, the lyrics by Mr. Woldin and Richard Engquist are also terrific: expressive and facile without ever showing off or yielding to sophomoricisms.
The dozen or so videos here include a fascinating street documentary and a trip down a river that reveals, without really showing off, the natural beauty of Tibet.
These things go mostly unnoticed to the untrained eye, and it is great to see this has been done without the "showing off where the money has gone" approach so often seen today.
Starring the "Inception" horn and Brad Pitt, the Super Bowl spot for "World War Z" shows off the zombie apocalypse ("We've lost the East Coast") without actually showing off the zombie apocalypse.
