Sentence examples for modest engaging from inspiring English sources

But in fact, most of Rivecca's ruthlessly frank and lonely characters have left religion, and the saving they seek in this modest, engaging and disquieting collection is from the plague of isolation — or it is, anyway, when they're not themselves trying to be the rescuers, saving others from any number of ­scourges.

In person, he is modest and engaging.

But for the moment she still has her bright-eyed, baby-fat innocence, which serves her well in this modest, mildly engaging film.

He felt that to do less would have been discourteous.Admirers will be glad to find proof, here and elsewhere in this book, that Davies was as modest and engaging a man as they had supposed.

Some investors – probably a modest number – engage in entrepreneurial activity to the benefit of the UK.

True, as the life-mauled Jenny, who stumbles into what appears to be a rathskeller on the edge of time, Ms. Neuwirth does perform a modest striptease, engage in an erotic pas de trois with two strapping male dancers and sing about the irresistibility of mean men.

A perfectly engaging, modest beginning.

Yet finding fault with filmmakers for their choices — for working on modest or expansive canvases, engaging directly in class struggle or not at all — reeks of prescriptive art.

A balanced program to secure weapons material and technology must include a modest effort to engage scientists with dangerous expertise.

There's never any doubt as to who wears the white hats and who will prevail, but the twisty action, trim performances, and modest, reserved direction make the film engaging, if not engrossing.

In a recent exploratory randomised trial we found that Beating Bipolar was relatively easy to deliver, engaging and had a modest effect on psychological quality of life [ 16].