Sentence examples for modestly played from inspiring English sources

The Perpignan second-row modestly played down the achievement and said he was still feeling the physical effects of the match.

Crean modestly played down the significance of his feat of endurance.

Colman does this a lot – modestly playing dim when she isn't.

When Vogt made his entrance, he did so modestly; he played a Steinway with an unusually bright, bell-like tone, but sounded his notes quietly, to mesh with the orchestra's intricately detailed voices (in particular the bassoons, basses, and violas), as if to conjure a teeming realm of introspective fantasy.

"The part of Lincoln is played modestly and honestly by Harlington Wood Jr., a tall, loose-jointed young lawyer in Springfield," Mr. Atkinson wrote, adding: "He seems to be using his voice unnaturally, striving after an effect that he does not entirely achieve.

Dameron was a composer and an arranger who also played piano soloing modestly but landing some provocative chords behind his notable soloists, as in his quintet recording featuring his elegant composition "A Bebop Carol".

Bley plays modestly, her duos with bass partner Steve Swallow and trios with the UK's Andy Sheppard are not the kind of ensembles that get audiences leaping in the aisles.

Touring to promote her most recent, and sophomore release Sprinter, TORRES' dark and stormy aesthetic was only punctuated further by her onstage demeanor of restrained aggression, the kind that only burst through in her occasional shrieks and modestly animated guitar playing.

He played sparingly, performed modestly and was benched often.

But what about an automaton that dreams like us and dances like us? Thomas Gibbons's modestly speculative play explores where technology ends and humanity begins.

It will have three hundred and ninety-nine seats, which means that it will be one of the only Broadway homes for serious but modestly budgeted plays.