Sentence examples for a modesty effect from inspiring English sources
She had expected that women would be ranked lower in most categories because of a "modesty effect"–women don't generally self-promote as much as men and lingering bias about women's leadership capabilities.
It isn't a modesty issue.
Science fiction often serves as a modesty curtain that permits authors to think big thoughts at a safe remove — special effects and laser make-believe palliate abstract musings and pompous parables that might otherwise bore or offend viewers.
This depended on a modesty of rhetoric.
Pulling against the bog of misanthropy in Céline's work is a modesty, a naivety even.
This does not necessarily mean a sexually act, but instead a modesty act.
While some of the larger mines provided separate eating areas for bal maidens, others obliged male and female workers to eat together, a cause of consternation among some observers concerned that exposure to the "coarse joking" and "rude behaviour" of men had a negative effect on the "modesty and delicacy" expected of women.
A little modesty goes a long way.
The principles of privacy, modesty, and hospitality are central to these guidelines; each principle has a significant effect on the design of Muslim homes, as well as on the organization of space and domestic behaviors within each home.
Yet a calculated modesty can augment a nation's true influence.
