Sentence examples for modest decorations from inspiring English sources

Back then, Christmas started some time in December, when modest decorations appeared in the shops and the lights went on in high streets, not immediately after Halloween, as now.

The entire show takes its cue from this, with scene changes like the schoolroom and outdoor gardens all suggested with a few hanging pillars and other modest decorations.

The churches of the 12th century resemble St. Sophia, Novgorod, only in the general tendency toward simplicity and verticality; they were small, cubic in form, and modest in decoration.

The family had saved for some time to throw an event to be remembered: decorations, modest but attractive; a buffet that would rival that of most restaurants; and gifts for every woman in attendance: a moment that would remind all that this was a marriage blessed from above.

The Schola Grande's modest size and decoration reflect the economic constraints they faced, permitted to work only in trades such as money-lending and the selling of secondhand clothes.

Every year after Thanksgiving, I put up some modest holiday lights and decorations.

Buy decorations and decorate!

Among our neighbors, a tree was becoming a modest starting point for Christmas decorations.