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Recent Examples of immodest Many women were particularly outraged by Hill’s insinuation that Brady, by trying to make a name for herself in surfing, was somehow being immodest or disrespectful. Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 26 July 2023 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 See All Example Sentences for immodest
Recent Examples of Synonyms for immodest
Adjective
  • And the reopened Frick, with its familiar art back in place and some significant new features added — notably an entire second floor of family rooms repurposed as intimate galleries — feels organic in that way.
    Holland Cotter, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2025
  • The perfumed notes are calibrated and restrained so that the blossoms underpin more familiar flavors like punchy, piney juniper and juicy pomelo peel.
    Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 20 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • In a world where deal flow is crucial, being labeled as an arrogant VC results in missing out on prime opportunities.
    David Nour, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
  • The arrogant anti-union stance did not start with the current CEO; even the legendary Studs Terkel was slapped down by WFMT management for his earlier support of an effort to unionize in 1990.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 29 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • But those smug computers obviously haven’t seen a shirtless Illini coach Brad Underwood and his Super Soaker squirt gun.
    Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Step 15: Label the Tupperware with its contents and date, feeling ever-so-briefly and beautifully like a smug Instagram tradwife.
    Emma Specter, Vogue, 12 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Maybe some person will be presumptuous enough to wonder aloud what might have influenced the plot of this book.
    Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2025
  • Stone sails through all this, seeing off the sneering disapproval of white America and the presumptuous demands of the Black Panthers with equal disdain, and for a time his band, the aptly named Sly and the Family Stone, become a republic within the republic.
    Damon Wise, Deadline, 24 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Mizrahi - What was the proudest moment of your career?
    Isaac Mizrahi, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Was proud of winning the school’s first district championship in 20 years.
    Gary Curreri, Sun Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • He isn’t allowed to become the play’s villain despite his selfish plan to sell the estate out from under his family.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Listen to this article For every selfish motorist who blocks a fire hydrant.
    Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 19 Mar. 2025

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“Immodest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immodest. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.

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