Sentence examples for modest creatures from inspiring English sources

Modest creatures with exotic names such as the yellow-breasted bunting and the red-flanked bluetail attract birding obsessives from all over the country.

The rumbustious governor's approval rating is well below 50%, and he recently made state history when the legislature overrode his veto for the ninth time.Mr Thompson seems a more modest creature than Mr Ventura.

But despite the modest creature comforts, soon every kilometre seemed twice as long as the one before.

Clean fish tanks hold a modest selection of sea creatures — crab, lobster, shrimp, fish and eel — that look as satisfied with their lot in life as creatures that are about to be seafood can.

Clean fish tanks hold a modest selection of sea creatures.

The European version of the Honda Accord was unveiled at Geneva; in New York, it will be introduced as the new Acura TSX, with modest refinements in ride and creature comforts.

The tamer cats get personalised bowls, while legs from sheep, donkeys and horses are thrown out to the untouchables who will eventually be returned to the wild; and modest bits and pieces for smaller creatures.

How does nature squeeze so many kinds of creatures out of such a modest genetic endowment?

"But all creatures — even pests — have their modest glories," he said.

While cats are curious creatures generally, they are pretty modest on matters of personal health, perhaps sitting quietly in a corner when they're feeling off color.

He would always suffer, Wall writes, from the indignity of being that absurd creature, "a romantic anarchist with a modest private income," and this costly expedition had depleted his capital.