Sentence examples for as a modest proposal from inspiring English sources
They have characterized their sweeping plan, with a bit of cheek, as a modest proposal.
The union proposed its own pay cut, of about $500 million over a five-year deal, an offer that Stern referred to dismissively as "a modest proposal".
The use of anonymity-enabled trolling has a long history and can be seen in works such as A Modest Proposal.
In the meantime, as a modest proposal, I suggest that those few rank-and-file Catholics who do not agree with the Obama administration's new rule simply act from their own private consciences, and not avail themselves of this important health offering.
Nevertheless I found myself reading, and enjoying, Blood Brotherhood as an ironic provocation, like Jonathan Swift's A Modest Proposal, regardless of Donovan's intent.
Refer back to Swift's A Modest Proposal.
Refer back to Swift's A Modest Proposal, which was anything but modest.
Capitalism is salvageable, the author argues, as long as we're willing to consider a modest proposal: getting rid of the rich.
