Sentence examples for modest company from inspiring English sources

A modest company of his dissident friends, the rest being inside at the time, hailed him at last.

Racing in modest company his entire career, which spanned eight states and Canada, he never won more than $3,650 in a single race.

But their reward for speaking up was chilly glares from other shareholders and employees who had crowded into the modest company cafeteria.

In his journal of life in Talcottville, "Upstate," Wilson expresses his love for the region, while grumbling, in an old man's crooked jabs, about the bad restaurants and intellectually modest company.

On paper Battle Of Marengo has certainly achieved more, counting Trading Leather among his victims to date; but Kingsbarns was undeniably impressive in his sole start at Navan, just a fortnight ago, albeit in relatively modest company.

His modest company, Walrus -- which is him; Rose; their son, Peter, who is now Phil's co-producer; and a secretary -- is based in the North Beach of restaurants and cafes.

"Although gains are still only modest, companies reported the strongest improvement in business conditions for just over two years, with a pickup in new orders growth suggesting the upturn will be sustained into September," said Chris Williamson, Markit's chief economist.

Internet companies would love having a modest utility company as a partner that sought consistent returns rather than a flash behemoth that might snap its fingers and destroy them.

In other words, if EMC joined the parade of companies breaking in two, and it spun off VMware, it would be left a modest sized company.

Samuel Insull turned a modest energy company called Middle West Utilities into the hub of a vast financial empire made up of interconnected companies with interlocking boards.

Objects grand and modest keep company; high sits with low; silly with serious; flawless with ruined.