Sentence examples for modest starts from inspiring English sources

NBC's reality competitions "The Voice" and "America's Got Talent" dominated the ratings on Tuesday night, while two new shows on ABC got off to modest starts.

Many members had rather modest starts but kept reinvesting at a good rate of return over the years.

That is a very modest start.

A few million dollars is only a modest start.

From this modest start he created a life dedicated to the underprivileged and disabled.

This bodes ill for Italy, even though the bicamerale's proposals are only a modest start.

Ziegler said the alliance had promises for $4 million for 2013, an admittedly modest start.

The university has grown rapidly from its modest start in 1991, with 100 students in Prague.

Among our neighbors, a tree was becoming a modest starting point for Christmas decorations.

Given the size of the need, food and music were a modest start.

As it is with most trainers, she got off to a modest start.