Sentence examples for crowd was modest from inspiring English sources

Lock Haven is a small town (pop. 9,000), hours away from Pittsburgh or Philadelphia, and the crowd was modest (half the gym's floor space was empty).

The crowd was modest, about 25 people, but they were engaged by Mr. Haimovitz's bracingly modern program, which included a work by Toby Twining written with queasy microtonal harmonies and one by Steven Mackey that required Mr. Haimovitz to slap the cello like a percussion instrument.

But the crowds were modest, with about 5,000 people.

Crowds were modest, lines short and tempers under control Wednesday morning at John Wayne Airport in Orange County.

Although said crowds are modest so far, the buzz is growing, confirming suspicions that the line separating Bach and surf music isn't as wide as we once thought.

Though the crowd, at 16,637, was modest, it filled the ballpark with energy.

Borghi was modest.

The response was modest.

His celebration was modest.

The effect was modest.

His upbringing was modest.