Messengers were moving unobtrusively over the jet-black mountain ranges, bearing confidential tidings from sheikhdom to sheikhdom. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The gadgets will be designed to be worn "unobtrusively", he said. From Wordnik.com. [Some Cranky Guy] Reference
In using a handkerchief, always do so unobtrusively. From Wordnik.com. [The Etiquette of To-day] Reference
The Herrick's wedding had taken place very unobtrusively. From Wordnik.com. [The Hermit of Far End] Reference
I entered unobtrusively, and took a quiet survey of the scene. From Wordnik.com. [Seven and Nine years Among the Camanches and Apaches An Autobiography] Reference
I scratched unobtrusively and glanced cautiously down the street. From Wordnik.com. [The Door Through Space] Reference
She may leave her card unobtrusively on the table when she goes out. From Wordnik.com. [The Etiquette of To-day] Reference
Orme unobtrusively seated himself on the edge of the little veranda. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl and The Bill An American Story of Mystery, Romance and Adventure] Reference
As for Marcia, she came and went unobtrusively, making quiet comfort for. From Wordnik.com. [Marcia Schuyler] Reference
Barraclough unobtrusively opened the offside door and dropped into the street. From Wordnik.com. [Men of Affairs] Reference
The facts are introduced unobtrusively and no great emphasis is laid upon them. From Wordnik.com. [The Bibliotaph and Other People] Reference
As he withdrew unobtrusively towards the door, Trent tossed him a further order. From Wordnik.com. [The Hermit of Far End] Reference
Jessie unobtrusively shared hers with her mother under cover of the big tea-pot. From Wordnik.com. [Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker] Reference
In every stand that he takes against temptation, he is unobtrusively reinforced. From Wordnik.com. [Study of Child Life] Reference
It was midafternoon before the scouts reappeared, as unobtrusively as they had gone. From Wordnik.com. [The Time Traders] Reference
He entered Ormsby's private room unobtrusively, and closed the door after him with care. From Wordnik.com. [The Scarlet Feather] Reference
For a minute he watched her unobtrusively, and wondered why the life had gone out of her. From Wordnik.com. [Ambrotox and Limping Dick] Reference
The two boats leapt forward, unobtrusively stealing a course in the shadow of the barges. From Wordnik.com. [The Grell Mystery] Reference
Dominique and the citizeness proceeded as unobtrusively as they could along the Rue Honoré. From Wordnik.com. [The False Chevalier or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette] Reference
The Commission was in the habit of carrying on its functions perfunctorily and unobtrusively. From Wordnik.com. [Theodore Roosevelt and His Times] Reference
Half-way up the sloping path between camp and trestle, it overlooked the former unobtrusively. From Wordnik.com. [The Return of Blue Pete] Reference
Here and there huddled unobtrusively in groups on the fringe of the crowd were numbers of slaves. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal of Negro History, Volume 1, January 1916] Reference
The few rugs in the room were all in dull, subdued tones that melted into the floor unobtrusively. From Wordnik.com. [The Heart of Arethusa] Reference
Charles plays a deep game in the affairs of Europe, though he works ever silently and unobtrusively. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Rose] Reference
Upon my arrival, I slipped into the cathedral as unobtrusively as I could and tried to sit in the back. From Wordnik.com. [‘God Bless My Friend’] Reference
Lahiri's language is uncluttered; she's sparing with metaphor, and the riches accumulate unobtrusively. From Wordnik.com. [India Calling] Reference
So he stifled the laugh that would have betrayed his presence and at length slipped unobtrusively away. From Wordnik.com. [Followers of the Trail] Reference
Note how all these sculptures, while having individual interest, fit unobtrusively into the lace-like portal. From Wordnik.com. [An Art-Lovers Guide to the Exposition] Reference
But they're also trained to surf the Net, play a sommelier, unobtrusively pack and unpack bags and plan parties. From Wordnik.com. [Return Of The Hotel Butler] Reference
The background was a shadowy suggestion of steppe farm-land, unobtrusively implying vast distances of bluish-gray. From Wordnik.com. [The Genius] Reference
The hole into the other world stayed there, as unobtrusively fixed as if it had been there since the beginning of time. From Wordnik.com. [Cat and Mouse] Reference
There was a broken chair in the room, and when he took his seat a leg of that chair was unobtrusively ready to his hand. From Wordnik.com. [Theodore Roosevelt and His Times] Reference
Waldemar, face to face, coming out of the Pump Room at Bath, where quietly and unobtrusively I had gone to take the waters. From Wordnik.com. [A Queen's Error] Reference
At first she tried artistically and unobtrusively to free herself from the complication in which her sisters had involved her. From Wordnik.com. [Prudence Says So] Reference
I continually and unobtrusively followed Delcasse everywhere, but nothing eventuated owing to unforeseen circumstances in the House of. From Wordnik.com. [The Secrets of the German War Office] Reference
It is a towel, for wiping the lips and fingers in emergencies, but should be used unobtrusively -- not flourished like a flag of truce. From Wordnik.com. [Etiquette] Reference
Ever increasing, for quietly and unobtrusively 6,000,000 marks in newly minted gold coins are taken year by year and added to the store. From Wordnik.com. [The Secrets of the German War Office] Reference
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