Sentence examples for a modicum of pride from inspiring English sources

"After the Yankees beat the Mets in the World Series, I have to win back a modicum of pride.

The question was whether the men in the green caps could rescue a modicum of pride from the wreckage of that disaster.

Helmut Schmidt, who as Germany's chancellor from 1974 to 1982 enjoyed his share of societal recognition and admiration, held that there are only two titles that a person should carry with a modicum of pride.

We recite with a modicum of pride the high rates of depression that affects our country.

Insofar as I retained a modicum of male pride, this contact quickly devolved into a dusty floor battle, oddly accompanied by the raucous music of Argentina and the sounds of angry interference from the other students.

I suppose the idea of saving the life of an ostensibly helpless creature should inspire a modicum of modest pride and even more joyous relief, and of course to some extent, it does.

No one foresaw that they would almost crawl from the pitch, around 97 minutes after the opening whistle, with victory to their names and the stadium reclaiming a modicum of the region's pride.

Wouldn't there be some, among the crowds that always throng the square, just a few with still a modicum of humanity who, for a trifling sum, will take pride and joy in setting little birds free.

A modicum of people like it.

There is a modicum of control.

It provided a modicum of hope".