Sentence examples for modest acts from inspiring English sources

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.

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.

A few days ago, a real life friend noticed a modest act of kindness from me on Facebook.

Others point out that the real answer is a more comprehensive national policy to care for old people (true, but look at what happened to even the modest Class Act, meant to provide affordable long-term care insurance).

Four actors, a dozen or so puppets, the appropriately off-kilter set and an enthusiasm for treating grown-up subjects playfully make this modest one-act production a pleasure.