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Recent Examples of unshowy
As a pivotal but unshowy sequence, the campfire scene required fine-tuning at every stage.
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Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 12 Aug. 2024
Men’s fragrance was a relatively unshowy hygienic product until the 1970s, when Paco Rabanne’s Pour Homme helped reframe cologne as a fashion statement, said Paul Austin, the founder of a fragrance and branding agency, Austin Advisory Group.
—Callie Holtermann, New York Times, 19 May 2024
King portrays her with the dignity, grit and passion of a trailblazer who made a difference, though the performance is rigorously unshowy.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Mar. 2024
There is a subdued, unshowy but profound beauty to Hawes’ work.
—Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2024
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Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 12 Aug. 2024
Men’s fragrance was a relatively unshowy hygienic product until the 1970s, when Paco Rabanne’s Pour Homme helped reframe cologne as a fashion statement, said Paul Austin, the founder of a fragrance and branding agency, Austin Advisory Group.
—Callie Holtermann, New York Times, 19 May 2024
King portrays her with the dignity, grit and passion of a trailblazer who made a difference, though the performance is rigorously unshowy.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Mar. 2024
There is a subdued, unshowy but profound beauty to Hawes’ work.
—Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2024
See all Example Sentences for unshowy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unshowy
Adjective
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Maciej envisions a world where robots like Clone’s androids will become as common as smartphones—highly functional, yet intuitive and unobtrusive.—
Ethan Stone,
USA TODAY,
12 Jan. 2025
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While other wearable tech devices, like the Apple Watch, can be clunky or get in the way of other accessories, the Oura Ring is unobtrusive and comes in several colorways — from Black to Rose Gold — to fit with any style.—
Anna Tingley,
Variety,
29 Nov. 2024
Adjective
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The ballot itself is an unremarkable piece of office paper and comes with simple instructions.—
Eno Sarris,
The Athletic,
14 Jan. 2025
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Born Robert Peter Williams in the unremarkable city of Stoke-on-Trent, one of the best-selling British solo acts of all time first found stardom as a teenager in the ’90s boy band Take That.—
Emma Madden,
Vulture,
8 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The darkness of the land gives it a dingy atmosphere like an actual swamp and, fittingly, an inconspicuous opening in a tree stump leads to Shrek's Merry Fairytale ride.—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025
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Test the product on an inconspicuous area of carpeting before incorporating it with your other cleaning products.—
Jennifer Beck Goldblatt,
Architectural Digest,
9 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The glasses connect right to your phone, and the sound is clear for the wearer but unnoticeable in a normal environment.—
Amelia McBride,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Dec. 2024
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Other rooms had no windows, which became masterfully unnoticeable in Kate Figler Interiors’ Venus Drawing Room, swathed in Gracie’s Linda’s Garden mural wall covering with a valance and drapery by Perennials that evokes the feeling of a windowed space.—
Anne Lee Phillips,
Architectural Digest,
28 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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Picture red tuna fish caught that morning cooked in a subtle mix of local spices and topped over fresh linguine or meatier cuts of fish served like steak with fresh vegetables plucked from nearby farms.—
Rooksana Hossenally,
Forbes,
13 Jan. 2025
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But planet-scale warming is probably affecting weather basically every day, even if the impacts are subtle.—
Alejandra Borunda,
NPR,
13 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The former is quietly involving: unhurried, unemphatic, observant.—
Mark Feeney,
BostonGlobe.com,
4 Nov. 2021
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The beat is steady and usually unemphatic; the song circles through three chords again and again.—
Jon Pareles,
New York Times,
6 July 2018
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