Sentence examples for a string of modest from inspiring English sources

A week ago he was a virtual grade cricketer with a string of modest Big Bash performances to his name and a need for some runs, but within an hour or so of relentless hitting, the name of Perth Scorchers batsman Craig Simmons was on the lips and Twitter-fingers of cricket fans around the world.

A string of modest genuine pearls around her neck.

Several Chinese eateries that he subsequently opened led to the first of a string of modest hotels in the area, which he ran over 13 years.

McConnell is expected to move quickly on several fronts, such as approving a budget and passing a string of modest bills with bipartisan support on such issues as approving the Keystone XL pipeline, boosting international trade talks and tweaking the Affordable Care Act.

The approach yielded a string of modest hits — including "Lost Without U," a bossa nova-style love song he wrote for his wife, actress Paula Patton — and earned him a reputation among rappers such as Rick Ross and Lil Wayne, who enlisted Thicke to soften hip-hop tracks with his breathy lover-man vocals.

The Look of Love is the latest in a string of commercially modest films from the prolific Winterbottom.

So while there may be a few symbolic, far-reaching legislative proposals at first, perhaps the best that a GOP-controlled Congress can hope for is to pass a string of relatively modest measures that could garner enough Democratic votes to avoid a filibuster.

RBS first planted a flag in the U.S. in 1988, making its first acquisition during the savings-and-loan crisis, before rolling out a continual string of modest add-ons like Connecticut's Farmers &Mechanics and Massachusetts' Quincy Savings Bank.

The three of us were like one person".They had begun writing their own material, but suffered a string of flops before finally achieving a modest hit with Wine and Women.

"This marks a string of very profitable hits for Sony with very modest budgets.

Even the strictest of budget should allow for occasional splurges: a modest hotel room after a string of hostel bunks; a just-this-once late-night cab; a beer upgrade from P.B.R. to I.P.A.