Sentence examples for a modest definition from inspiring English sources

He is a producer with every fibre of his being – even at school he was nicknamed Darryl F Mackintosh in a nod to a legendary Hollywood mogul – and yet offers a modest definition of his role: "My greatest talent," he says, "is to be a chameleon and, providing someone has written something interesting, to be the catalyst to make it work".

He has a modest dinner-party definition of his work - "coming up with gadgets so that you can fake a person into thinking they're in an artificial place" - but few recent innovations have had such consequences.

ST. PAUL — A chamber orchestra might seem by definition a modest enterprise.

"One problem is that the definition of high risk can vary from having a modest family history to being a breast cancer survivor".

These machines, which can be used without special environmental controls and with a modest amount of training, were the first 3-D printers (by our definition).

Take a modest proposal.

Here's a modest proposal.

A modest little house designed.

It had a modest impact.

It is a modest proposition.

A modest backlash was inevitable.