Sentence examples for modest reputation from inspiring English sources

"It's because there's no pedigree there," Tortorella said of Girardi's modest reputation.

Poisoned Pen has smartly positioned itself as a small publishing house where authors of modest reputation are always welcome — so long as they have a strong regional voice.

In her twenties she was an expert horsewoman, travelled abroad in luxury and won a modest reputation as a wit in Paris and London.

In the 1950s and '60s Mr. Kastle enjoyed a modest reputation as a composer of melodic, romantic operas and as a musical director of works for the stage.

"Their crime," he states blandly, "was that they were 'stinking scientific authorities' who enjoyed a modest reputation on a provincial scale".

Adventure sports For anyone looking for a more extreme way of appreciating the view, Balaton is acquiring a modest reputation for adventure sports.

Matters of personal finance are far more private these days than sex lives, it seems, especially for professional people like these, with careers (and modest reputations) in publishing, teaching, freelance writing, consulting and occasional public relations work.

Varoufakis, a mathematical economist with a modest academic reputation, had become a popular writer in Greece.

He attempted to elevate a school with a modest academic reputation to an Ivy League level.

The architectural program has given the city not only a modest national reputation but also an excellent set of facilities that have made it a regional business center.

While Ghana, Uruguay and South Korea are all difficult to beat — if anything, this World Cup has shown that any team, no matter how modest its reputation, can defeat any other — none of them are considered giants of the game.