Sentence examples for a modest games from inspiring English sources

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

It gave the Nets a modest two-game winning streak; they upset the Philadelphia 76ers on Sunday.

The healthy crowd of 38,863 was looking for the Mets to follow up a near-perfect opening day and produce a modest two-game winning streak.

The defeat put an end to a modest four-game 2-0-2-0 2-0-2-0 2-0-2-0 2-0-2-0me for the Rangers, who dropped to 2-3-2-0 with their first Garden defeat.