Sentence examples for modest circumstances from inspiring English sources

He grew up, he says, in "modest circumstances.

Both grew up in Chicago, in reasonably modest circumstances.

The defendant grew up in modest circumstances in rural Bavaria.

Both grew up in modest circumstances, and both have daughters.

Born NYC in 1912 to a family of modest circumstances.

He grew up in modest circumstances, and told me that he saw himself in Meena.

Born in 1948, True grew up in Newburyport, in eastern Massachusetts, in modest circumstances.

The emphasis has always been on the value of dedicated, enthusiastic preparation, even in modest circumstances.

Mr. Heselden was born in Leeds, in modest circumstances, and left school at 15.

Ṭāhā Ḥusayn was born in modest circumstances and was blinded by an illness at age two.

Today Lord Glenconner, 73, lives in more modest circumstances on St . Lucia