The phrase "a modest air" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone who has a humble or unpretentious demeanor or attitude.
Example: "Despite her numerous accolades, she maintained a modest air that endeared her to everyone she met."
Alternatives: "a humble demeanor" or "an unassuming presence".
NATO warplanes mounted a modest air exercise.
The attacks hit airfields where the Taliban military has a modest air force, air-defense gun and missile batteries and command centers across Afghanistan, including targets in the capital, Kabul, and in the center of the Taliban's political power, Kandahar, they said.
But at the same time, the Willamette Valley – Oregon's largest wine producing region – has developed a modest air of sophistication, with its cadre of well-appointed bed and breakfasts, a large-scale luxury resort and plate after plate of delectable farm-to-table cuisine.
The Independent's Jessica Duched gushed that Grosvenor has a "modest air and no pretentions.
There was a refreshingly modest air to the program — titled "re.
Racing Santander had just beaten Getafe thanks to an 88th-minute penalty in a game which their coach described with crushing honesty as "0-0 all the way" and which even their owner couldn't get all that excited about, merely thrusting a modest pair of fists in the air.
But America's latest sanctions scored a modest hit: Air Bagan, owned by a regime crony, ceased flights to Singapore after its bank there stopped doing business with the airline.Human Rights Watch, a lobby group, said this week that rising desertions were forcing Myanmar's army to recruit boys as young as ten.
On 29 May 1942, Hōshō sortied from Japan with the rest of the fleet for the operation which resulted in the Battle of Midway, providing modest air protection, scouting, and anti-submarine support for the Main Body, now consisting of the battleships, Nagato, and Mutsu.
Just some minor jealousies among 12 boxers living in a crummy building made to look gritty, all fighting to be noticed and promoted by De La Hoya, who plays a modest on-air role.
Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi is kneeling on a straw mat in a modest open-air Buddhist temple.
But Brendan Cassar, a UNESCO representative in Kabul who is attending the meeting, says that the focus at Bamiyan remains on stabilizing the niches and on preparing a modest open-air museum at the site rather than reconstructing the statues.
