Sentence examples for modest just from inspiring English sources

The bench is elegant but modest, just like Stover himself.

Handel's original orchestration was modest: just strings and continuo with trumpets and kettledrums called for sparingly.

But even now, the government's share of the revenue is modest, just 3percentt.

As for my milestones, they have been far more modest: just good meals around the baseball circuit.

The horsepower rating is deceptively modest, just 236, but the engine reaches peak torque, 243 foot-pounds, at just 2,700 r.p.m.

For the year as a whole the drop was modest, just 0.1percentt, but it contrasts sharply with the rest of the 1990's.

Mr. Salahi's immediate plans are a bit more modest, but just barely.

Another fake banker, Dona Branca, duped poor Portuguese savers in the 1970s and 1980s with the promise of 10% monthly interest more modest but just as illusory.

The scheme is well designed but modest, covering just 5% of banks' existing stock of British loans, plus any new credit they provide.

They gave the DQN only modest resources: just 2 weeks of play for each game with the power of a single desktop computer.

She's shy, charming, modest, with just enough wickedness to keep her interesting, just like her character in the film.