Sentence examples for ever modest from inspiring English sources

Ever modest, Bill insisted his job is truly simple.

Ryan, ever modest, nonetheless takes pride in his competence with the no-huddle.

Hercules was one of several figures from Classical mythology with whom the Medicis, ever modest, liked to identify themselves.

The Guardian's poll of European countries carried out by ICM suggests most nations think they are good at something – apart from the ever modest British.

Ever modest, he insisted that his focus was always on making the methods work and solving the immediate problems; the greater implications, he said, seemed a long way off at the time.

The ever modest rapper shared a handwritten tracklist for Swish with his Twitter fans on Monday morning, with songs including "Waves", "Fade", "High Lights", "Wolves" ft. Sia and Vic Mensa.

It swiftly became apparent that England's ever-modest hero could not allow himself to do so.

Whether this was the peak of the ever-modest Heneker's musical career or the show Charlie Girl (Adelphi, 1965) is a moot point.

We've seen all sorts of nude royal body parts lately, of course, but while it was hard to get particularly indignant about the invasion of Prince Harry's privacy on his Vegas cavort – he was clearly having a great time and the story does his dashing bounder image no harm - the harmless, ever-modest Duchess of Cambridge is a particularly sympathetic victim of an intrusive press.

The ever-modest Londoner did not seem too impressed with that accolade - "it is all about the golds really, so the important statistic is four, not seven" - and he laughed off our attempts to knight him on the spot - "it would be an honour but I'd probably keep it in the drawer, I'll always be Brad" - but he did admit to being proud of one thing.

The undefeated and ever-modest welterweight champion posted his apparent winnings on Instagram after betting on three NBA playoff games and a fight.