Sentence examples for model of modesty from inspiring English sources
His response was a model of modesty, if not of discretion.
His correction was a model of modesty: "As Winston Churchill said when someone asked him how his Marlborough biography was going, 'I'm working on the fourth of a projected three volumes.' You, I'm sure, already knew the word tetralogy.
Jorge Mario Bergoglio, now Pope Francis I or Papa Francisco I, was born and raised in Buenos Aires, loves tango and futbol (soccer), and is by all accounts, a model of austerity, modesty and humility.
De Gaulle himself was a master at mythmaking, so perhaps it is not surprising that today's leaders pick what suits them from Gaullism.In troubled economic times, and with politicians enjoying handsome perks at taxpayers' expense, reaching for de Gaulle may also be a way for the French to invoke a model of integrity and modesty.
The models of false-modesty: these elected officials have been lauded as Tea Party leaders despite professed reluctance and unsure attachment.
It was as though the designer had used everything he has so far established — the models gracefully walking the stage, a sense of modesty (with pants under coats and skirts).
Fashion shoots, like French beaches, are not typically bastions of modesty; you don't go into modelling if you're shy of déshabille.
On the right is a sulky-looking model in a bath, an industry minimum of foam preserving a strategic vestige of modesty.
Were she less a believer in the power of modesty, Eileen could just as easily have said everyone wanted to look like a Ford model.
The ancient model of rhetorical training—"restraint, coolness under pressure, modesty, and good humour" —endured into the 18th century as a Western educational ideal.
Robbie ducked his head out of modesty.
