Sentence examples for modest act from inspiring English sources

This was his modest act of literary heroism.

But this modest act of contrition came too late.

Hegley compares this to his own, modest act of philanthropy – recycling.

This modest act of subversion led to an appointment with the Stasi, and he was barred from going to university.

Ever since China began to shuck off communism and turn itself into a global economic power, its leaders have followed the strategy of a "peaceful rise" -- be modest, act prudently, don't frighten the neighbors and certainly don't galvanize any coalition against us.

It was only later when he received several stern texts and emails informing him that Conservative party headquarters wanted him to reinstate the site immediately, and when news programmes started calling, that he realised that his modest act of protest had hit a nerve.

While making claim to the notion that the Conservatives are the party of "working people", he is "squeezing the very poorest who have no job" and "indulging in some modest acts of redistribution from the very rich".

She visited someone's mother's grave, paid a phone bill, went on a blind date and ate someone else's favorite meal in Haifa: modest acts of personal grace she documents in small photographs and brief texts, not stridently political, more like pennies tossed into the ocean of change.

If leadership takes the time to recognize the modest acts that can so easily go unnoticed throughout the company, it encourages others to do the same.

We're only talking about a few modest acts of kindness.

A modest number of Internet service providers act as gateways to the Internet for a large majority of people.