Sentence examples for modest celebration from inspiring English sources

There was a modest celebration.

Despite just a 2.8 percent chance, that pick turned into the No. 1 selection in the draft lottery held on May 17, sparking a modest celebration in Cleveland.

His partner, however, opposed the modest celebration because its cost meant the difference between breaking even and showing a loss on Big D's first-year sales.

The scene was set Sunday afternoon at Madison Square Garden — for payback, for message-sending, for a modest celebration and for a timely, well-earned rest.

Which is why the decline in the jobless rate, from 9.1 percent last summer to 8.3 percent in February, is cause for only modest celebration.

While Dyche was content for his players to mark the occasion in style, he planned to recreate his modest celebration from the previous promotion campaign.

When Herath finally took his 300th after holding a gentle return catch from Finn there were modest celebrations.

Here in New York there's a more modest birthday celebration in a sampling of recent work at Skoto Gallery.

To hear Mr Obama offer tentative support for the notion that something in Britain's ties to the EU might be "broken" was therefore cause for a modest Atlanticist celebration.

From Sonny Bill Williams handing his medal to a teenage fan, to Richie McCaw's modest and controlled celebration in their final win; it has been a side that have reasserted rugby's core values back into the game.

A modest locker room celebration followed, but the Texans know a greater validation of their season will come with a top seed and home-field advantage for the postseason.