Sentence examples for got a modest from inspiring English sources
Every two weeks, I got a modest check.
Ilion, which had been promised a 35 percent increase, got a modest boost in the first two years.
The people who sit on the boards of America's largest corporations got a modest raise last year.
He got a modest put-down from Mr. Ayrault, who said ministers "should defend the policy of their ministry and of the government.
It got a modest staff, that of the comptroller and auditor-general, and was composed of equal numbers drawn from both sides with an opposition nominee as chairman.
ROOM SERVICE We ordered one "American breakfast" (28 dollars), thinking it might be big enough for two, but got a modest portion of scrambled eggs, potatoes and Canadian bacon.
What started out losing £30,000 now gets "a modest return".
Nearly a million low-wage workers in 10 states will get a modest raise this year.
NASA would get a modest increase but would have to cancel some programs.
In addition, he gets a modest but steady amount of traffic through search engines.
More likely, he will get a modest bounce, and there is some chance he will get a fairly big bounce.
