Sentence examples for modestly cut from inspiring English sources

Aunt Dawn wore a dress that was modestly cut, made of flesh-colored crêpe.

If it works, the shift should modestly cut credit costs for businesses and consumers.

Before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the White House had modestly cut those funds.

— A statement from OPEC, the cartel of 14 oil producing nations, which agreed to modestly cut its collective output.

Kilts for the classic dresser came from the likes of Clements Ribeiro and Daks, who created modestly cut styles in Scottish tartans and plaids.

Modestly cut dresses with white cleric-like collars have been seen in cities around the world (a sartorial prayer for cooler temps, perhaps?).

Its cap-and-trade system has set a carbon price and cut emissions modestly in the sectors it covers.

Other than the Ryan plan, which would modestly reduce growth in future Medicare costs, House Republicans have done little to cut spending.

Governments in China, India, Taiwan, Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia have cut subsidies at least modestly in recent months because of strains on their budgets, and further subsidy cuts are considered likely, especially if oil prices continue to go up.

In "Campaigning on Social Security" (editorial, May 29), you suggest that Congress should "cut benefits and raise taxes modestly".

The wiser solution is for Congress to cut benefits and raise taxes modestly, which is all that would be needed to close the system's financial gap.