His unostentatious office. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
She always stood ready with her unostentatious help. From Wordnik.com. [The Love Affairs of an Old Maid] Reference
These simple and unostentatious funerals are very impressive. From Wordnik.com. [Manners and Social Usages] Reference
Samuel Adams's habits were unostentatious, frugal, and simple. From Wordnik.com. [Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition] Reference
Samuel Adams's habits were simple and frugal and unostentatious. From Wordnik.com. [Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition] Reference
Wedding cards should be as simple and unostentatious as possible. From Wordnik.com. [Manners and Social Usages] Reference
Penrod made an unostentatious visit to the cellar of his own house. From Wordnik.com. [Short Stories of Various Types] Reference
Table appointments at this time were most simple and unostentatious. From Wordnik.com. [As I Remember Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century] Reference
Mrs. Lincoln made a home that was hospitable, cultured, unostentatious. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Abraham Lincoln] Reference
So he devoted himself to philanthropy in a quiet and unostentatious way. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, August 29, 1891] Reference
His simple, unostentatious, and even ascetic life during these years was noted. From Wordnik.com. [Cosmic Consciousness] Reference
Her long life was distinguished by unostentatious acts of charity and good works. From Wordnik.com. [The Death of Saul and other Eisteddfod Prize Poems and Miscellaneous Verses] Reference
Here the narration is for the most part as unostentatious as the events are natural. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 29, March, 1860] Reference
Its style of architecture is unostentatious, and its rows of large windows will admit. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845] Reference
Mr. Macaulay was very quiet and unostentatious in his manner, and did his work brilliantly. From Wordnik.com. [Scottish Football Reminiscences and Sketches] Reference
It is an unostentatious home, with simple gables and plain windows, and is but a story high. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851] Reference
The anecdotes he told me were all of the class of those I have related, -- simple, unostentatious. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865] Reference
Steadily these troops moved on, led by officers whose unostentatious bravery is worthy of emulation. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 (of 2) Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens] Reference
She impressed all who knew her by the unostentatious faithfulness of her spirit, and purity of her life. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Darling Heroine of the Farne Islands] Reference
"You are too kind," declares Philip, touched by the unostentatious hospitality of his newly found friend. From Wordnik.com. [When the Birds Begin to Sing] Reference
Reports of these men came at times to Virginia, -- reports always of a quiet and unostentatious prosperity. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866] Reference
Therefore, immediately after dinner, he had made an unostentatious exit, and reached the laboratory in safety. From Wordnik.com. [Acton's Feud A Public School Story] Reference
Many wondered at the very quiet and unostentatious style of the last services for him; but the widow had said. From Wordnik.com. [Edna's Sacrifice and Other Stories] Reference
When the unostentatious funeral was over, Amos and his sister returned home cast down yet hopeful and trustful. From Wordnik.com. [Amos Huntingdon] Reference
My aim is this -- to make men think about unostentatious goodness; above all, to make them love it and practice it. From Wordnik.com. [The Simple Life] Reference
How unostentatious their kindness was: the delicate, scentless air that hung about them: the fresh flowers always near. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 75, January, 1864] Reference
She was so unostentatious about it, however, that Dr. Hü did not know she was a vegetarian until she prescribed milk for her. From Wordnik.com. [Notable Women of Modern China] Reference
In her unostentatious way Miss FRANCIS knows how to provide ample entertainment, and she has nothing to learn in point of form. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, July 7th, 1920] Reference
Here he devoted himself to the tillage of the soil and became engrossed with the pursuits of a plain and unostentatious farmer. From Wordnik.com. [Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of William H. F. Lee (A Representative from Virginia) Delivered in the House of Representatives and in the Senate, Fifty-Second Congress, First Session] Reference
The report of the Secretary of War exhibits several gratifying results attained during the year by wise and unostentatious methods. From Wordnik.com. [State of the Union Address (1790-2001)] Reference
He had been relieving distress in a quiet, unostentatious way, and he now settled the native question with characteristic celerity. From Wordnik.com. [The Siege of Kimberley] Reference
Samaritan with his simple, unostentatious aid to a wounded man, an enemy of his people whom the Samaritan knew was none the less a brother. From Wordnik.com. [Evening Round Up More Good Stuff Like Pep] Reference
General is of plain, unostentatious appearance, a keen eye, lips compressed, the whole countenance denoting determination and quickness of perception. From Wordnik.com. [Incidents of the War: Humorous, Pathetic, and Descriptive] Reference
Even his brothers, we are told, did not believe in him, and in their impatient zeal for a temporal kingdom, they found fault with his unostentatious proceeding. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 6, December 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
For Mrs. Wrottesley was failing in health, and in her own plain, unostentatious way she had made up her mind that her time for quitting this world was not very far off. From Wordnik.com. [Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir] Reference
He had a neat and comfortably furnished home, presided over by his wife, an intelligent woman of color, who was often seen driving with him in his own unostentatious carriage. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal of Negro History, Volume 3, 1918] Reference
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