Sentence examples for modest ceremony from inspiring English sources

HORASHIM, Israel — When 20 people gathered for a modest ceremony in the tranquil cemetery of this kibbutz in central Israel last month, the intimacy and quiet dignity of the event belied the tumultuous historical forces coursing beneath it.

ROSH HANIKRA, Israel — Without pomp but with modest ceremony, Israel on Wednesday somberly brought home the bodies of two of its soldiers in black coffins, part of a long-awaited prisoner exchange with the Lebanese militia Hezbollah.

Officials marked the finish on Thursday with a modest ceremony at the airport days before the last troops take the southern highway to Kuwait, going out as they came in, to conclude the United States' most ambitious and bloodiest military campaign since Vietnam.

A13 NEW YORK/REGION B1-6 A More Modest Ceremony For 9/11 Memorial New York City will commemorate the second anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in a far more modest and self-contained way than last year, with the families of victims, rather than politicians, playing the central role.

Yesterday she flew down from Portland to attend the modest ceremony in a Van Nuys courthouse.

Little did they know that the modest ceremony would one day be considered by the Supreme Court.

So those who remain here, as most have, will be marking the seventh anniversary of Hurricane Katrina on Wednesday not with ribbon cuttings and modest ceremonies as planned, but by hunkering down under heavy rains and winds.

Mr. Bush stopped by the Korean War Memorial on the Mall for seven minutes at sunup on Friday, and there will be some modest ceremonies here and at the Demilitarized Zone.

Commemorative plaques will be unveiled at the sites of the January attacks, including at the weekly's former offices, in modest ceremonies attended by families and government officials, a City of Paris spokesman said.

As crowds packed into central London for the annual Remembrance Sunday tributes to those who have fallen, hundreds of more modest ceremonies were taking place in villages, towns and cities across the UK.

Next year, he said, students would have a modest "transition" ceremony.