Sentence examples for but modest enough from inspiring English sources
The "early pledge" on waiting lists was selected because it seemed popular and eye-catching, but modest enough to be easily achieved.
Harris Meyers grew up in a two-bedroom co-op on East 18th Street, blessed with a terrace that overlooked Gramercy Park, but modest enough in size that his parents had to wall off part of the dining nook to create a bedroom for his younger sister.
Comically out-of-scale features, such as the bug eyes of the pug, also seem to help, implying as they do that the owner is not only smart enough to get the joke but modest enough to laugh at himself -- or at least at his dog.
Renoir, however, was a master who seemed incapable of making a bad film but was modest enough to admit his own flaws.
Right now, the market is counting on a "Goldilocks scenario," in which economic growth remains vibrant enough to boost corporate profits but also modest enough to prevent the Fed from speeding up its interest-rate increases.
He makes no secret of his N.B.A. aspirations, but he is modest enough to limit his goals.
So I may be self-confident but I'm modest enough to know what I don't know".
SWAMI The designs are rich — Gaurav Gupta goddess dresses resemble bright variations of Rick Owens Lilies — but prices are modest enough ($575) to seem... outsourced.
These recipes are both traditional Pugliese Christmas Eve treats, but they are modest enough on their own not to amount to a total collapse of self-control.
Security officials were present Tuesday at Barnes & Noble, but precautions were modest enough that Rushdie's appearance was well publicized and you could enter the reading area on the fourth floor without having your bag checked.
