Sentence examples for modest pride from inspiring English sources

Junior beamed with modest pride.

Second, Gehry takes a tradesman's modest pride in getting the buildings in on time and under budget.

Hill, the elder man, looks fondly at Welles as a perpetual gifted youth in the radiance of promise and with a modest pride at his own association with him.

the Vanity of one will Sting like an Adder if it is disappointed, and the Advancements made by the other if they dont succeed will hurt his Modest pride".

I suppose the idea of saving the life of an ostensibly helpless creature should inspire a modicum of modest pride and even more joyous relief, and of course to some extent, it does.

Meeting women's needs Recalling her involvement with the National Council of Women's Organisations (NCWO) and other non-governmental organisations while serving as a lecturer in the seventies, she explains with modest pride how she helped move forward the Persatuan Siswazah Malaysia (Women's Graduate Association).

Some of us take modest patriotic pride recalling the day that our brave lads burned the White House.

12 August: As Olympic fever swept the world, Maclean's writer Scott Feschuk (@scottfeschuk) takes modest national pride in his country's Olympic achievements.

Ryan, ever modest, nonetheless takes pride in his competence with the no-huddle.

The only thing that helps anyone pull off the dreaded graduation get-up is the smile that shows a distinct, however modest, sense of pride.

Frampton is a winningly modest fighter but his pride is obvious as he and McGuigan study the unblemished mural which has never been smeared with graffiti or political slogans.