Sentence examples for behave modestly from inspiring English sources

Women are expected to dress and behave modestly.

The excellent Annapurna Conservation Area Project (Acap) asks tourists to dress and behave modestly.

For others the need to dress and behave modestly can define a person's relationship with God, their religious devotion or even their politics.

It called on young people to be nice and benevolent to everyone, behave modestly, perfect their moral strength, cultivate arts and sciences, advance the public good, respect the constitution and the laws, and in an emergency be ready to die for the country.There was nothing notorious in this document, and every democracy today could endorse its basic tenets.

But the Qur'an states clearly that both men and women -- not just women -- should dress and behave modestly.

Most importantly, hijab is meant to apply to both men and women who are merely asked to dress and behave modestly — for men to "cast down their looks and guard their private parts" and for women to "cast their outer garments over their persons" so that they "will be more proper" and "be recognized and not annoyed".

Hijab is just as much about behaving modestly, as dressing modestly.

So far, the answer seems to be: neither.At the summit, Mr Medvedev behaved modestly and stuck to the Kremlin line defined by Mr Putin.

Of course there are good reasons for the UK to downsize its inflated self-image and stop strutting on the global stage; give up our UN seat, behave more modestly and stop "punching above our weight".

In behaving so modestly, Watson follows in a different tradition of stardom.

Ms. Hayeri returned to Iran in 2010 to explore the dual lives of many young women who are expected to behave and dress modestly in public by covering their hair, arms and legs.