Sentence examples for modest purchase from inspiring English sources

They have boarded a yellow school bus in Louisville and again in Baltimore to watch their modest purchase run off with the first two legs of the Triple Crown.

Apart from us, only the token-seller witnessed her gesture He betrayed no emotion, & we, unnerved rather than comforted, made our habitual modest purchase, investing in the trip home with no thought for the morrow.

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Step up to the 72-hour rule before making a modest purchase like a new pair of shoes or a small piece of furniture.

What makes this new "Freedom to Dissent" pledge so repugnant is that it essentially justifies homophobia by implicitly conceding that it deserves, as conservative New York Times columnist Ross Douthat puts it, "some modest purchase in civil society".

You can still make modest purchases for $100 or even less at this year's display.

"They were all modest purchases, not top of the range anything..

A steady stream of such modest purchases has provided the hospital with almost $2 million.

The central bank started making modest purchases of foreign stocks last winter, but has kept almost all of its reserves in bonds, like other central banks.

Even where consumers have shown themselves willing to make modest purchases, like books or CD's, online, the companies involved have not been able to post profits.

She is carrying a tiny baby, while her four-year-old daughter helps with the modest purchases she has managed to make.