Sentence examples for making a modest from inspiring English sources

Ms. Brickell is making a modest comeback.

Jubba's planes are now 85 percent full, and the company is making a modest profit.

After a few years, he had his book of business and was making a modest living.

The racing association is making a modest profit for the first time in years.

Although Mr. LeWitt was making a modest living with his artistic skills, his own work was moribund.

Back then, Mr. Hall was making a modest living writing for magazines like Yankee and Sports Illustrated.

A year later, he made a modest deal with Bloomsbury, a British publisher that was only a decade old.

I want to make a modest proposal.

Foreign direct investment has made a modest recovery.

But the proposals could make a modest difference.

Last year, it made a modest profit of $42 million.