Sentence examples for modestly known from inspiring English sources

IN ZULU the king is modestly known as "the mouth that tells no lies".

When "This Boy's Life" was published, some critics wondered at a modestly known fiction writer seizing a genre normally reserved for grand old men.

The Beaux-Arts house she lived in there, modestly known as the  house at Rock Maple Farm, has its own web page.

The show starred Raúl Esparza, a four-time Tony nominated actor but not a box-office powerhouse, and was based on a modestly known movie from 1992 — a lifetime ago by current standards.

The majority of the environmental sequences produced in that study were only modestly related to known ribosomal sequences (showing less than 85%% identity with known sequences).

Let me add in haste that no Sapphic subplot has been added to the 1935 opera that was once modestly (and adequately) known only as "Porgy and Bess," though advance reports from rehearsals suggested that all sorts of heretical tinkering was going on.

In a career that began in the 1940's, Mr. Boetticher became best known for modestly budgeted films notable for their male antagonists, their narrative drive and their visual beauty.

Exogenous application of GA3 or IAA is known to modestly increase hypocotyl length of etiolated seedlings [ 37- 39].

sUA concentrations were correlated with male gender (correlation coefficient of 0.6; P < 0.01) and Framingham risk score (0.52; P < 0.01) but were only modestly associated with other known cardiovascular risk factors (all correlation coefficients of less than 0.3; P < 0.05).

It is not about modesty neither is it about what the victim wore or her behaviour because as we all know, modestly dressed women are raped all the time.

In July, lines snaked around the block for a new steel-and-glass H&M, the chain known for its modestly priced clothing inspired by fashion runways.