Sentence examples for because of his modesty from inspiring English sources

"Because of his modesty, this astonishing contribution only came to light many years later".

I came to admire him, partly because of his modesty but mainly for his courage.

He added, of his modesty, "Not all New Yorkers are like that".

Coppell's attempt to diminish his experience is typical of his modesty.

For all of his modesty, Harris possessed a very clear sense of his role in that history.

To his readers, this was more of his modesty, even disingenuousness.

With his silver-tongued delivery, he was often likened to a north country Noël Coward, a comparison he apparently hated, perhaps because of his own modesty.

And the Hasidic newspaper Der Tzitung has apologized for removing Hillary Clinton and Audrey Tomason from the widely used Situation Room photograph, explaining that "because of laws of modesty, we are not allowed to publish pictures of women, and we regret if this gives an impression of disparaging to women".

My sister had to fight for her daughter to play, had to debate the issue and ask, why is this girl prevented from playing netball because of her modesty?

Roberts, during his confirmation hearing, made much of his judicial modesty and his respect for precedent.

But that is the result of his natural modesty, rather than any underlying anxiety.