Sentence examples for modest drawdown from inspiring English sources
ROBERT S. NUSSBAUM Fort Lee, N.J., June 23 , 2011To the Editor: President Obama proposes a discouragingly modest drawdown of troops, while a peace-starved nation and world desperately need an end to the war.
It was believed to be the deadliest helicopter crash in the nearly decade-long war, punctuating a surge of violence across the country even as American and NATO forces begin a modest drawdown of troops.
As Time reported on Tuesday, President Bush will only withdraw five percent of the 146,000 soldiers in Iraq before leaving office -- a "decidedly modest" redeployment "scaled way back from the drawdown hoped for by some military officials" -- in part because Pentagon officials believe "a lack of progress in resolving the country's political divisions could trigger more violence".
Even though the drawdown of British forces will be modest this year and next, Walker is already thinking about what equipment will be left in the desert, and what will be carted back home, to be put in storage.
U.S. crude stockpiles are expected to show a modest rise for the week, after an unexpected 3.2 million barrel drawdown last week.
This drawdown will continue.
"Our goal should be drawdown".
Drawdown must not mean write-off.
The drawdown was kind of slow sometimes.
The drawdown is a huge engineering feat.
