Sentence examples for modest curiosity from inspiring English sources
The neighbors generally passed by without inquiring, keeping to themselves their modest curiosity about the proprietor, his wares, his product.
Jerry Seinfeld, the most yuppified, least "ethnic" Jewish comic ever, is his obvious predecessor, but while "Seinfeld" was, famously, a show "about nothing," "The Daily Show" at its best plays like a show about everything, which proves how far a modest curiosity about who's running the store -- just what Seinfeld lacked -- can take you.
A person whose financial requirements are modest and whose curiosity, skepticism, and indifference to reputation are outsized is a person at risk of becoming a journalist.
His eternal boyishness is reflected not only in the book's title, but also in his passion (for new guitars, new bands, new experiences), his nomadic sense of adventure (he recently spent five years living in Portland with Angie, while playing with Modest Mouse), his curiosity (about everything).
My curiosity remained low.
So it was with a certain degree of humility, along with curiosity, that we approached a modest collection of Australian shirazes to see what we could find -- and learn.
So they just do it," says Miziara resident Joseph Chagoury when asked to explain how this modest Christian village turned into a touristic curiosity.
Europe's research councils originally created ESF in 1974 to fund cross-border research projects which it has continued to do ever since, concentrating on bottom-up curiosity-driven science, with a modest budget of around €50 million annually.
After the historic $495 million sale of postwar and contemporary art at Christie's, there was considerable curiosity surrounding Phillips's far more modest one on Thursday evening.
"The Puffy Chair" is as modest as their ambitions and as narrow as their curiosity about the world beyond themselves.
