Sentence examples for modest a reflection from inspiring English sources

His latest project, a condo at 200 East 59th Street, is far more modest, a reflection of the cooling luxury market.

His budget proposal is more modest, a reflection of the political stakes in an election year and the Legislature's preoccupation with Congressional redistricting.

Our sample size was modest, a reflection of the labor- and cost-intensive nature of collecting plasma samples using a rigorous protocol.

For now, NATO and Afghan officials have set the goal for the army's southern Pashtun representation at a modest 4 percent, a reflection of the challenges that lie ahead.

But Diane Swonk, chief economist at Mesirow Financial, said investors should keep the account in perspective, as a reflection of modest misgivings in the middle of the most aggressive effort the Fed has ever undertaken to stimulate the economy.

On an average night, both band members and the crowd are regulars — a reflection of this modest, sometime insular city.

And despite the rise in tourism, the city still feels self-effacing, a reflection of the modest, slightly melancholic character of its denizens.

When chief executives are routinely paid tens of millions of dollars a year and a hedge fund manager can collect $1 billion annually, those with a few million dollars often see their accumulated wealth as puny, a reflection of their modest status in the new Gilded Age, when hundreds of thousands of people have accumulated much vaster fortunes.

The average paid admission was $77.40, relatively modest for a big musical but a reflection of early ticket discounts available for "Annie" during its first weeks of performances.

This is a reflection of the small percentage of hospitalization (13%) yielding a modest average indirect cost due to hospitalization.

But it would be a pity if it overshadowed "Sandlot Game No. 2" (1954), an earlier, modest reflection on the same theme.