Sentence examples for great modesty from inspiring English sources
Mr. Buruma speaks of Naipaul's "great modesty".
Ken was a man of great modesty and humility.
"Look, I love great modesty and simplicity for myself," he added.
The great modesty of the genius of the revolution, Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, is known.
He lives in a tiny room with great modesty and discipline".
A man of great modesty, Mr. Dana would frequently remark: "My father was a tough act to follow".
Lenin himself was the living personification of the greatest modesty.
This isn't as crazy as it sounds — versions of the supermajority idea have been batted around by left and right alike since Reconstruction, and merely proposing it might spur the Court toward greater consensus, and perhaps greater modesty as well.
It therefore encourages, in Hayek's view, greater modesty with respect to social planning.
We argue for greater modesty in our efforts and a focus on identifying only the potentially poorest or best homes.
Even among those who believe that an invasion of Iraq, sooner or later, cannot be avoided, some are asking, Where is the Administration's wisdom, its sense of diplomatic touch, its Great Power modesty? "I can only just go by my instincts," President Bush told Bob Woodward in an interview for "Bush at War".
