Sentence examples for modestly disappointing from inspiring English sources

"We've had some modestly disappointing earnings reports from a couple of bellwether companies such as U.S. Steel," said Dean Gulis, a money manager for Loomis Sayles & Company.

It "was a modestly disappointing quarter for NYSE Euronext," Patrick O'Shaughnessy, an analyst with Raymond James Financial, wrote in a note.

Come July, though, Dickson expects the market to be buffeted by a slew of modestly disappointing second-quarter earnings reports, which he thinks will knock stock prices back down about 6%to8%8% or to around where they are now.

Ford Taurus Looks are deceiving for the Taurus, whose modestly handsome styling disguises the most disappointing car I tested this year.

Wall Street closed modestly lower yesterday, under pressure from disappointing economic reports and investor caution even as American forces pushed toward Baghdad.

A burst of late-day buying lifted stocks modestly yesterday despite a lackluster report on retail sales and disappointing sales of new software licenses by Oracle.

[C4.] Bargain Hunters Give a Lift to Stock Market Wall Street drifted to a modestly higher finish as investors sought bargains after last week's sell-off and disappointing earnings in the financial sector.

Although long-term nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) use modestly protects against the development of Alzheimer's disease (AD) (2), prospective studies with these drugs in AD patients have been disappointing (3 5).

noticeably, even if modestly.

The Youlds lived modestly.

He shrugged modestly.