Sentence examples for modest dear from inspiring English sources
A man — "a very modest dear person," in Ms. Druyan's words — asked about the cost of the missions and then committed to paying for two of them, and perhaps a third, if all went well.
The mood, it is true, owes less to the aggression that Moretti wielded in "The Caiman" (2006), his broadside against Silvio Berlusconi, than it does to the more modest ruminations of "Dear Diary" (1993) and "Aprile" (1998), but what really grips the new movie, for all its amused glances at Swiss Guards and ceremonial pomp, is the prospect of a single soul in crisis.
"As problem drinking costs the country so dear, a modest investment in supporting problem drinkers will lead to a three-fold saving, surely a necessity in an economic downturn".
I would rather stick with gentle, modest and pragmatic Tintin than the testosterone-laden, crusading, musclemen heroes so dear to Anglo-Saxon culture.
George W. Bush, by contrast, has made only modest efforts to appeal to independents on the reform issues that are dear to them.
"Alex my dear son," my mother tells me, "YOU are such a kind and modest person.
Dear Prudence, I live in one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in the country, but on one of the more "modest" streets -- mostly doctors and lawyers and family business owners.
Dear oh dear Roger Moore.
