Sentence examples for modest and reasonable from inspiring English sources

That is a very modest and reasonable recognition of Christmas holiday working.

Many react with fury at every modest and reasonable step to alter that.

Tuna tartare, more modest and reasonable at $9, was a better choice.

Mr. Obey said the conditions that Democrats had linked to the spending measure were "modest and reasonable".

This unwillingness to credit the viability of even the most modest and reasonable of improvements will be the death of us, this obsession with clinging to the current state of things even as they rot.

Too modest and reasonable to lay claim to a halo, you may rely, "Of course there is room to improve; nobody is an angel!" You may then graciously accept the few, seemingly trivial criticisms that follow.

But despite the modest ambitions and reasonable prices — it's really a small neighborhood spot, open daily from 8 a.m. to 12 30 a.m. with breakfast served until well into the afternoon — the kitchen, taken over recently by Ken Addington, turns out unexpectedly refined Australian comfort food.

All the pushcart peddlers (and their de-facto leader, Maxie Hammerman, the king of pushcart repair) are modest, honest, and reasonable people who care for their customers and their city.

We are not talking about a life of luxury and ease, but about modest comforts and reasonable expectations: a decent job with health benefits and vacation time, a loving family, a house of your own.

The only "trick" is that one must choose both modest spending cuts and reasonable tax increases.

With modest levels of encryption and reasonable pricing, music companies could make hundreds of millions of dollars by offering their products online.