Sentence examples for is one of modest from inspiring English sources

In short, this story of a vulnerable institution in a spirited but depressed town is one of modest triumphs mingled with failures.

"Our outlook for 2014 is one of modest growth," Mr Sands said.

As with so much work on DNA coding, the story turns out to be one of modest achievements, big grants (or so one must assume – the grants are never mentioned), and promises of a revolution in therapy that lies, as always, just around the corner.

Her childhood was one of modest pleasures.

Human history up to then had been one of modest or zero growth, and when modest it had never lasted.

By Tim Struby Gino's, in Yorkville, is one of those modest Italian restaurants, more pizzeria than trattoria, that are rarely frequented by people outside the neighborhood.

Gino's, in Yorkville, is one of those modest Italian restaurants, more pizzeria than trattoria, that are rarely frequented by people outside the neighborhood.

"Organize Your Business Travel!" (Hyperion, $10.95) by Ronni Eisenberg with Kate Kelly, is one of those modest paperbacks you find in airport bookshops.

"He is one of the most modest, humble icons I've ever met," she added.

As proud records go, it is one of the most modest.

"L.I.E". is one of those deceptively modest movies that cracks open the familiar to marvel at the strangeness within.