Sentence examples for a modest bow from inspiring English sources

Abbado, taking a modest bow in the face of noisy applause – and on both nights a standing ovation – stood quietly among his players, unwilling to take centre stage.

Balenciaga has a creamy white sleeveless blouse in a stiff wool crepe that is banded in black at the waist and finished with a modest bow ($1,345).

They had come to the end of the road, a memorable journey on which they had seen off the 1987 Cup winners, Coventry, and the players felt entitled to take a modest bow before returning to earn their living at insurance offices, building sites and banks.

By Robert Hillyer The New Yorker, May 16, 1936 P. 24 I was sitting on the porch of the hotel in Georgetown, British Guiana, idly wondering how best to spend my two days ashore from the cruise boat, when a diminutive Negro presented himself with a modest bow.

Backstage, waiting to take her usual modest bow, the designer will be focused on the question of whether this show will find a sweet spot and if it can stimulate enough interest to generate the $6 million in wholesale orders called for in her business plan.

Make a small bow.

He juggled some clubs, bowed, growled "Get back to work," and then tossed the clubs into a chest, a modest finale.

Take a modest proposal.

Here's a modest proposal.

A modest little house designed.

It had a modest impact.