Sentence examples for modest rather than from inspiring English sources

Even the red-carpet parades of strapless gowns have seemed modest rather than thrusting.

It seems modest rather than merely anodyne, crisply practical rather than merely boring.

It's modest rather than spacious: a comfy double bed leaves room for two stylish arm chairs and a desk with views to the neighbouring buildings.

As political activists they tended towards the modest rather than the messianic, supporting local Georgia politicians and giving stall space at their shows to Amnesty and Greenpeace.

The large variety of Roman Catholic orders displays eclectic emphases: the Benedictines, Cistercians, Carthusians, Carmelites, and certain orders designated as "minor" (in the Latin sense of humble or modest, rather than lower in a hierarchy or organization) emphasize meditation.

In his first important book, A Letter from Sydney... (published in 1829 while he was still in prison), which was thought by many to have come from Australia, he proposed the sale of crown lands there in small units at a "sufficient price" (fixed and modest), rather than the granting of large tracts free.

Wouldn't it be better to build 10 modest schools rather than a single luxurious one?

Labour would renew the feed-in tariff scheme at a modest level, rather than let it fade away.

The mixed praise his work received over the years seemed to breed a modest confidence rather than any discouragement.

And employer-sponsored retirement plans, for those lucky enough to have them, are increasingly in the form of 401 k)'s with modest balances rather than defined-benefit pensions.

The third lesson is that in many situations, there is a case for movements to make more modest demands rather than the fall of the regime.