(1) He was an uneducated man, a plain unpretending plodding man,u2019 a neighbor remembered; one who u2018attended to his work, peaceable - quiet and good natured.u2019(2) The ossified u2018bloomu2019 which u2018Nothing Poemu2019 offers as an icon of hope, defines the extraordinary spiritual demands exerted by Capildeo's book: u2018unkind and / unpretending , / at each point seeming limitless, grained and ablaze.u2019(3) Morris described it as u2018unobtrusive, quiet and retiring, without being shy, humble and homely in its deportment and habits, sober and unpretending in its dress.u2019(4) With heart and hand, Our country's cause defending, We'll meet the foe, With valor unpretending .(5) The Coles had been settled some years in Highbury, and were very good sort of people-friendly, liberal, and unpretending ; but, on the other hand, they were of low origin, in trade, and only moderately genteel.(6) She created a u2018cottage-home, plain and unpretending .u2019
