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Recent Examples of immodest The title, with its biblical echo, was immodest, but in Acheson’s defense, it was deserved. Richard Haass, Foreign Affairs, 11 Aug. 2020 And now we are stuck with the decidedly immodest, corrupt Succession. Armond White, National Review, 5 Apr. 2023 In the 1500s, metal fig leaves covered the genitals of statues like David when the Roman Catholic Church considered nudity immodest and obscene. Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2023 As Beer stresses, for a long time it was commonly thought, if only half-consciously, that any woman who revealed her private self in print was not only immodest but metaphorically a prostitute, available to any passerby who could afford to pay for her book. Michael Dirda, Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2023 See all Example Sentences for immodest 
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Adjective
  • The tri-band Eero Pro 6E (7/10, WIRED Recommends) mesh adds the 6-GHz band to the familiar 2.4-GHz and 5-GHz bands.
    Simon Hill, WIRED, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Being the underdog is a familiar role in Tempe, and this team is no different.
    Matthew Self, The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • Nobody wants to be around an arrogant or disrespectful individual, in the workplace or in day-to-day life.
    AllBusiness, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
  • So Far Trump in fact as played by Stan is a mix of charming and shy, troubled and insecure, arrogant and angry, a creative dealmaker with vision, narcissitic, cruel, self-serving, at times grief stricken.
    Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • The season’s final images of the now-President Grace Penn looking smug and Wyler looking panicked signal the power struggle to come.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
  • Mars took a chilling photo of Carolyn Bryant, a thin, pale brunette with dark lipstick and sharp eyebrows, sitting cross-armed in the gallery, looking smug.
    Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • The former athlete/coach-mind in me couldn’t help but cringe … is Notre Dame being too presumptuous here?
    Pete Sampson, The Athletic, 26 July 2024
  • There have been presumptuous attempts, for example, to pin Bieber’s pill and promethazine addictions on the fallout from his two-day stay with the Bad Boy Records founder.
    Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 7 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • Leading On & Off The Court Napheesa Collier is both a basketball star and a proud mom to her daughter.
    Caroline Fitzgerald, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Clearly proud of such an achievement, Ferrari designed the 360’s engine lid to feature a pane of glass that allows the engine to constantly be on display.
    Christian Gilbertsen, Robb Report, 21 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • Many Democrats have abandoned hope in favor of cynicism: deciding that most of the voting public are selfish, bigoted enemies of democracy.
    Jamil Zaki, TIME, 23 Nov. 2024
  • Critics, including former prosecutor Tommy Pope, have suggested her actions behind bars demonstrate a pattern of selfish behavior.
    Matt Robison, Newsweek, 20 Nov. 2024

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“Immodest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immodest. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.

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