Sentence examples for a modest achievement from inspiring English sources

It is not, contrary to expectations, a modest achievement.

With a century's hindsight, Mr. Blériot's hop across the Channel may seem like a modest achievement.

With a century's hindsight, Mr. Bl?ot's hop across the Channel may seem like a modest achievement.

This was admittedly a modest achievement — between them, there isn't all that much to coordinate — but effective, even in its modesty.

It was a modest achievement, considering the Astros came to New York with a lineup reminiscent of a split-squad spring training game and started the day having lost 43 of their last 51 games.

But relative to Candela's later superluxury work, it was a modest achievement, with lightly variegated brick and abbreviated trim, except for the three-story carved limestone decoration around the main entrance, Paterno's "P" in the shield at the top.

You could view that as a disappointment, or perhaps a rather modest achievement in light of Byrne and Eno being in the studio together, but you'd be hard-pushed to deny the affecting warmth of these songs.

The best answer is that it was just another display of what has become a force of habit in the dugout — a teammate being congratulated for a fairly modest achievement or, in this case, no real achievement at all.

Another Japanese car maker reported a more modest achievement.

A more modest achievement would be keeping their quarterback alive.

At 31, Mr. Bas, who lives in Miami, is an artist of modest achievement, his career so far more promising than accomplished.