Sentence examples for a modest river from inspiring English sources
A tree-lined, gently rising and falling road called the Vallée de la Course follows a modest river and leads to the Auberge d'Inxent where this article began.
This was the route taken by the Seattle fishing fleet on its annual depredations of the surviving stock of Pacific salmon, halibut, crab, and herring — a route first surveyed and charted by George Vancouver in 1792 and 1793 in the Discovery, an expedition got up by the Admiralty... Parts of it are open ocean, parts no wider than a modest river.
Both take much of their character from modest rivers that they have turned to great effect.
If a single downtown building like the Blue Cross Blue Shield headquarters separates the city from its river, a modest stretch of boardwalk knits them back together.
The Cistercian "white monks" (wearing undyed habits) first chose a site in Murel (now called Carrascosa de Tajo) on the Tagus, but after a few years, had to relocate to more fertile zone a few miles nearer to Trillo, Guadalajara, where a flat hilltop by the river commanded a modest view.
Cindy Zipf, executive director of Clean Ocean Action, a New Jersey environmental group, said that the river cleanup seemed a modest step and that dredging the extra five feet needed rigorous environmental scrutiny.
You can swim in the river, which is clear and with a modest current.
A modest skyline of luxury hotels catering to foreigners framed the river.
A modest dish for a modest man.
Here's a modest proposal.
