Sentence examples for modest of you from inspiring English sources

MR: That's nicely modest of you.

I think it was overly modest of you not to mention your own playing in the film.

Within the department, he is admired for his modest "I'm one of you" approach.

You enter what appears to be a modest lobby, and ahead of you the space opens up, Guggenheim-like, into an atrium whose floorplan is elliptical and whose side elevation is shaped like an hourglass — narrowing as you look up and then widening again toward the top.

You enter what appears to be a modest lobby, and ahead of you the space opens up, Guggenheim-like, into an atrium whose floorplan is elliptical and whose side elevation is shaped like an hourglass narrowing as you look up and then widening again toward the top.

"For the price of a modest meal you can ponder the decline and fall of the Roman Empire, the origin of species, the interpretation of dreams, the nature of things," wrote Carl Sagan.

"Organize Your Business Travel!" (Hyperion, $10.95) by Ronni Eisenberg with Kate Kelly, is one of those modest paperbacks you find in airport bookshops.

The other tweaks of Leveson proposed by the Conservatives seem modest, unless you are one of the ultras.

I received a wide variety of suggestions for modest thank-you gifts that would communicate my gratitude at a much lower cost than $20,000.

I thought I would try to be positive and lay out a set of modest proposals for you to consider in 2013. 1 Universities It's imperative to keep down the number of students.

Many of these sessions are quite modest: some pretty standards ("Memories of You," "Stardust," "I Surrender, Dear") and a number of short riff tunes.