Sentence examples for held a modest from inspiring English sources

Amnesty International held a modest protest near the hotel where Mr. Obama and his family were staying.

When he assumed office in 2007, our country held a modest position in Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index.

Last Christmas, Robert Thomas, a three-year-old brokerage firm in Ossining, held a modest party at its company headquarters for its staff.

Cedeño reached first, where he held a modest expression until he looked at Mike Sweeney, Kansas City's first baseman -- and then Cedeño grinned.

Panamanian human rights groups held a modest protest today on the same street where in 1979 they denounced the shah of Iran's asylum request.

Just outside the Capitol on Wednesday, the National Farmers Union and the American Farm Bureau Federation held a modest rally to press for the approval of a bill, and lawmakers appealed to them with folksy talk about tractors.

Clean fish tanks hold a modest selection of sea creatures.

I still use a U.S.B. stick that holds a modest 64 megabytes, but I don't show it off.

Random mutation was important, but environment — like the carcinogens in digestive waste — seemed to hold a modest edge.

Mr. Cruz holds a modest but stable lead in the race, according to several polls this month.

Polls have shown a close citywide race between the candidates, with Mr. Hahn holding a modest edge in some surveys.