Sentence examples for a modest hit on from inspiring English sources

The Walker Brothers's "Deadlier That the Male," a modest hit on the British charts but not one of the group's most memorable songs, was used as the title song of the 1967 British thriller of the same name, which starred Richard Johnson as Bulldog Drummond and almost earned an X rating from the British Board of Film Censors for its depiction of sexy female assassins.

"Grimm" is a modest hit on Friday — can it move to another night?

Only a modest hit on its release in 1984, it found a much wider audience after it was covered by John Cale in 1991 and by Jeff Buckley in 1994.

The song was a modest hit on the country charts in 1969 for North Carolinian singer George Hamilton IV.

"This Is What Rock n' Roll Looks Like" was a modest hit on Billboard 's Dance Club chart while the second single peaked at number 6 on the chart.

Dr Ken, though horrific, is a modest hit for ABC on Friday, which is about as competitive as an uncontested run for city dog catcher.

Whitman admits that services would take a modest hit to their recommendation accuracy if they adopt Canopy.

Valens scored a modest hit with "Come On, Let's Go" and then soared to the top of the charts with "Donna" and "La Bamba".

Last year's Revolutionary Road was a modest hit, earning $75 million on an estimated budget of $35 million.

The first, which focused on those criminal cutups of New York City, was a modest hit, attracting an estimated 1.5 million viewers on average.

The animation house's first production, Coraline,"opened with a similar $16.8 million in 2009 and went on to become a modest hit, grossing $75.3 million.