Sentence examples for Modest estimate from inspiring English sources

That may be a modest estimate.

Did Bonhams's modest estimate, £2,000 to £3,000, reflect an expert's hesitation on that score?

Capgemini and Merrill Lynch come up with a more modest estimate of about $43 trillion.

That is a far more modest estimate than the one originally given by the military and by the Bush Administration.

His contributions to charities have been widespread and generous, and at a modest estimate amount to considerably over three lakhs of rupees.

It is barely past noon and George Burns is (by actual count) on his seventh cigar of the day and (by modest estimate) his 150th joke.

Even more modest estimates forecast steady double-digit growth.

Even according to the UN's modest estimates, more than 2 million people are "internally displaced" – a euphemism for homeless.

Though no one knows for sure, the number of slaves who fought and labored for the South was modest, estimated Stauffer.

If so that's above the more modest estimates of 600,000-800,000 that were expected, and a creditable follow-up to the record 1.8m crowd of 2009.

Not all schools submitted numbers that strain credibility, and some have put forth more modest estimates after years of sky-high claims.