Sentence examples for modest meaning from inspiring English sources

On one side are those who say the slowdown will be modest, meaning that the economy can grow about 3percentt next year while profits climb about 10percentt.

In this investigation the validation cohort sample size was modest; meaning that the effect size must be large in order to define regions with significantly decreased heterozygosity in the case cohort compared to the control cohort.

Based on one of Stephen King's more modest efforts, meaning under 500 pages and pounds, "The Mist" takes place in a small Maine town where everyone seems to know everyone else by name or by sight.

She says that the size and boldness of Sanders' vision is a negative (even though she claims to share its goals) because Republicans would oppose it so vehemently, essentially saying that we should elect her out of fear of how Republicans will treat Sanders' unabashed liberalism as opposed to her more "modest" (assumedly meaning more republican-friendly) proposals.

He came across as knowledgeable, reasonable, modest, and well meaning, which is a pretty good description of his character.

MEANWHILE, modest jobs mean modest lives.

Meaning: appropriately modest.

I did preen in a modest way, almost without meaning to.

I've written these before, these modest facts, but their meaning has no bottom in my mind.

Zoo, Nuts and Front have agreed to make their covers "more modest", the retailer said – meaning no more nudity, with less salacious coverlines and a more conservative feel.

They said that these days, liberals must cooperate if they wanted to attain even modest success in Russia — meaning the ability to raise money for campaigns and garner a few seats in the national and regional legislatures.