Sentence examples for modestly enough from inspiring English sources

The crisis began modestly enough.

That ascent began, modestly enough, with "Boyz-n-the-Hood," a self-released 1987 single credited to Eazy-E.

It started almost exactly one year ago, modestly enough, with an op-ed piece in the San Francisco Chronicle.

She lives modestly enough that you might think she worked as the help for one of the Real Housewives of New Jersey.

The same year, in the city of Beit Shemesh, where almost half the population identifies as Haredi, a group of Haredi men routinely hounded and spat at an eight-year-old girl for not being dressed "modestly enough".

Last month, an innocent, modestly dressed 8-year-old girl, Naama Margolese, living in Beit Shemesh, described being spat on and vilified by religious extremists — all men — who believed that she did not dress modestly enough while walking past them to the religious school she attends.

Scores went up modestly, but enough students did better so the city could claim the percentage of Black and Latino students passing the tests, not doing well, just passing the tests, had risen significantly and the racial gap had disappeared.

"Contagion" begins modestly and realistically enough, with a cough.

And while some customers drop $200 to $300 in a visit -- and well in excess of $500 for back-to-school outfitting -- Ms. Scott said that she keeps enough modestly priced items so a tween with baby-sitting money can find appealing products in the $15 to $20 range, or even less if all she craves is an eye-shadow or nail polish.

Exports have risen modestly, but not nearly enough to lift the country out of its crisis.

Taken together, the reports suggested the economy was growing only modestly and not quickly enough to spur hiring.