Sentence examples for modest answer from inspiring English sources

Typically, he gives a modest answer.

The Alcazaba fortress, Málaga's more modest answer to Granada's Alhambra, sits proudly in the historic centre – a maze of gardens and fountains – and above it 10th-century Gibralfaro castle stands guard over the coast.

"Well," I said, and I gave her an expansively eloquent, yet surprisingly modest answer, which failed to mention the fact that I had not written a short story in years.

But biologists have offered a far less modest answer as well.

The modest answer given above to the question 'What do genes do?' provides the basis for explaining how differences in genes can bring about differences in phenotypic traits.

The modest answer to the question 'What do genes do?' is that they "code for" or "determine" the linear sequences in RNA molecules and polypeptides synthesized in the cell.

But he brings to his brief and modest answers empathy not just for the visitor but also for the artist.

And then, with an irony unsuspected on stage, added, "Of course, that's a really modest little answer".

The film, written by Matt Greenhalgh, aspires to be a much more modest British answer to "Citizen Kane," especially in its portrait of a mogul as failed star maker.

The achievement of peace and harmony depends on the success of a proposed Christmas dinner that becomes a modest British answer to "Babette's Feast".

Frum is too modest to answer.