Sentence examples for modest existence from inspiring English sources

Even in China's richest city, huge numbers of people eke out a very modest existence.

Still, while the company has regained its profitability, at this point it provides only a modest existence.

I've worked for myself full time for four years now, living a generally fun and modest existence!

But his modest existence was upended in March after he was stopped for speeding in Connecticut and the police discovered that he did not have a driver's license.

Fascinated by spontaneous acts of violence, Fassbinder here considers the fate of those left behind, in particular Küsters's widow, Emma Brigitte Miraa), whose modest existence is overturned by the catastrophe.

Senior aides often depart for lucrative jobs and time with their families, but younger ones must trade the excitement of the White House for the quieter, more modest existence of the junior worker or graduate student.

Her salary of 1,200 yuan (£80) a month, from a Singaporean trading company, would normally ensure a modest but secure existence in Fujian.

Its median household income is far below that of the United States, but the vast majority of Puerto Ricans live a modest middle-class existence by Caribbean standards.

The number of real applications of interactive multiple criteria decision making methods is still modest despite the existence of computer realizations which operationalize them.

Older people are generally ignored or patronised in the movies: so this film's mighty triumph is a modest assertion of their existence.

His father was a lifelong salesman; during the Depression, his parents struggled to hold onto their modest lower-middle-class existence.