Sentence examples for a modest game from inspiring English sources

Anderson came and went – a modest game by his monumental standards – while first Broad and then Bresnan gave it a new-ball burst.

Swann's replacement, Monty Panesar, also had a modest game, although Nathan Lyon notwithstanding, being expected to bowl out a Test side on what was little more than a third-day drop-in pitch, with a low total to defend, was asking a lot, especially when reverse swing was seen as the key to any chance England might have had on the fourth day.

It was supposed to be a modest game, a bunch of MaBSTOA guys who got together at this underground poker room once a week to play gin for a nickel a point.

It was hardly a level playing field yet, though – in 1904, a modest Games held as part of the World's Fair in St Louis, featured 645 men... and just six women.

Then again, it's not every day that a modest word game takes on an air of A-list sizzle.

One might think the group would go after more modest game.

Cable, direct satellite, the VCR, and the Internet had shattered that audience into fragments during the 1980s and '90s, but in 2000 this modest game show reminded viewers of what had been one of television's greatest appeals.

The House is, in many ways, a predictable game: a modest gain in the popular vote will very likely lead to even further seat gains.

The Dolphins are on a modest three-game winning streak, but they have been outgained by their opponent in all three games.

Goaltender Mike Dunham finished with 34 saves to run his unbeaten string to a modest three games.

So Notre Dame carries a modest two-game winning streak in the series into Sunday's final.