Sentence examples for modest kickoff from inspiring English sources
After a modest kickoff return, the Vikings got the ball at their own twenty-three yard line with a minute and a half left; after a pair of completed passes and a smattering of incomplete ones, the game was over.
There was modest intrigue for the Jets even before kickoff — a man wearing a No. 24 jersey roaming the 35-yard line on the west side of the field.
Retailers reported strong online sales and modest in-store sales during the unofficial kickoff to the US holiday shopping season in late November, enticing consumers with deep discounts.
Lewis, who usually returns punts, had returned just one kickoff during the regular season for a modest 23 yards.
The kickoff to the daily double was a modest affair for maiden claimers with a purse of $15,000, but a colt he owned, Musashi, was entered.
The air was crisp (54 degrees at kickoff), and Harrington, a five-year veteran with modest credentials, was equally so.
The N.F.L. usually moves deliberately when making rules changes, and Mara says he believes the league is far from having the required 24 of 32 owner votes necessary to eliminate the kickoff, although he does think it is inevitable there will be more modest changes.
"Kickoff, kickoff, kickoff," Moss said.
