Sentence examples for modest storm from inspiring English sources

"The fierce storm that was predicted will now be a fairly modest storm; at least that is what is now predicted," Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani said in a briefing at the city's emergency command center.

This ship was so unstable that it sank in a modest storm in 1870, killing 480 of the 500 people on board, including Coles.

The president, a veteran of Chicago snows who has chided Washington for its timidity in modest storms, could not resist a quip: "Snowmageddon," he said to loud applause.

We also show one extended cusp crossing during the modest magnetic storm of April 22 , 2001(with Dst ∼−103 nT).

Still, the gain in output last month would have been modest even without the storm, with fears about the possibility of higher taxes and sharp cuts in government spending early next year making businesses hesitant to raise output and invest.

The instrument measured radiation from only five solar storms, all modest.

The capo was overpowered without a fight after navy special forces stormed a modest fourth-floor apartment in the resort city of Mazatlán, where he was sleeping with his young wife.

At the very least, the Red Storm has a modest amount of momentum going into today's game.

But the cruelty of a mid-March storm, even the modest kind that hit yesterday, is usually psychological.

Once over open water, modest intensification ensued, with the storm reaching peak intensity at 1800 UTC on July 4 with winds still at 65 km/h (40 mph) and a pressure of 994 mbar (hPa; 29.36 inHg).

In Charleston, South Carolina, strong winds caused high waves, but the storm arrived at low tide and produced modest damage.