Sentence examples for modest in manner from inspiring English sources

Modest in manner, he's a torrent of creative ideas.

He is softly spoken, modest in manner, and cautiously welcoming.

Weir is a warmly admired composer, modest in manner but gritty in ambition, as anyone in her field has to be – first to achieve, second to survive.

Modest in manner and a little shy, Mr. Adès appeared in an informal black sports coat and slacks, then removed the coat and played in shirt sleeves after the opening Janacek set.

Larkin, though modest in manner and production, achieved major eloquence and formal perfection, and was esteemed in the world of general readers to a degree that, among poets, only John Betjeman and Dylan Thomas matched in postwar Great Britain.

By Deirdre Foley Mendelssohn November 20, 2009 She's the perfect girl in class: prim but popular, modest in manners but beloved by others, possessed of a secret wit.

She's the perfect girl in class: prim but popular, modest in manners but beloved by others, possessed of a secret wit.

Within this small boy, so modest in his manner, there were symphonies unwritten, suites and concertos and oratorios.

Ray Ptomey speaks so quietly and is so modest in his manner that it is hard to imagine that he was once on anyone's hit list.

If Mr. Battles's works are modest in size, they are immodest in manner.

Ognjen Pribicevic, a political scientist and aide to the Serbian politician Vuk Draskovic, said Mr. Kostunica, calm, modest and careful in manner, was setting "a new standard of behavior for Serbia and especially Serbian politicians".