Sentence examples for due modesty from inspiring English sources

He accepted these compliments with due modesty and grace.

"Obviously, the idea for Amnesty itself was more important," insists Luff with due modesty, "But this made it better-known".

As Campbell remarks on his blog, with due modesty, the deal is "good for me, good for the publisher" and "good for the world".

Many other options were put forward by, among others, a group of Iraqi exiles (War is not the way, Letters, 5 September 2002), Hans von Sponeck, former UN humanitarian coordinator, and, with due modesty, myself.

Brazil: Model Renata "Melon Woman" Frisson refusing to name her new Atletico-MG player due to "modesty".

His reluctance to speak about all aspects of his life is due to modesty, according to his son, Prince Edward.

For instance, measurement non-invariance is often found across gender and culture, with males more likely than females to use extreme response profiles [ 29], and for individuals in eastern cultures to provide more middle response options (due to modesty) than western counterparts [ 30].

seems politically viable, partly due to the modesty of the employer fee (just $10) that would be attached to each visa.

"When people say she has never put a foot wrong, that's due to her essential modesty".

Due to prevailing norms of modesty, women would wear clothing that covered the whole of their body except their hands.

Other possible reasons, as they were expressed in the literature, are that traditional women may not get mammograms due to feelings of invasion, modesty, and mistrust or fear of using the Western health care system [ 5, 8].