Sentence examples for modest standing from inspiring English sources

Trump arrived in more modest standing.

His family, possibly of Ethiopian origin, had only modest standing in Basra, but his intellect and wit gained him acceptance in scholarly circles and in society.

Since the war it fought in 1948, when five Arab nations' armies invaded the newly founded state, Israel has had a military doctrine built around a modest standing army of conscripts and professional officers and a far larger force of reservists who can be mobilised quickly in emergency.

At Mr. Lauren's show, held at the site of his planned SoHo store, at 387 West Broadway Spring Streett), it was touching to see his wife and children lead off a modest standing ovation.

Situating his study in the gaps between conventional categories such as Buddhism, Daoism, and Chinese popular art, Abe examines works—including some of the earliest known examples of Buddha-like images in China that were commissioned by patrons of modest standing and produced by nameless artists and artisans.

Now protected by a fortress-like wall the shrine of Mian Mir is a modest structure, standing in a spacious courtyard, brimming with pilgrims through the day.

And while Myanmar's best-known sites are definitely worth a visit, it turns out to be the modest moments—standing in a bustling village market or watching a line of monks collect alms on a dusty road at sunrise that are its most enduring keepsakes.

"I would like to say something if you don't mind," says Mosammet Mimi, 10, student of Class V, in a modest voice, standing up straight.

Here is a lovely cove to enjoy lunch – and, off the point's rocky outcrop, an eddy-line that forms on the flooding tide, producing a modest set of standing waves and wave train, making for a great play spot before you head back across the estuary.

And every day there are thousands of more modest examples unheralded reporters standing witness at school houses or city council hearings, state capitals or local ball fields, polling places or police stations, doing the vital work on which communities and democracies depend.

The scene is indelible: the modest but unbowed contralto, standing at the temple to the Great Emancipator, singing "America".