Sentence examples similar to modestly requesting from inspiring English sources

Louis XIV, the French ruler who once modestly requested that his subjects call him the Sun King, reputedly liked his food seasoned with soy sauce.

Sometimes, they request that their motivators dress modestly.

[Editors' note: further revisions were requested prior to acceptance, as described below.] Unlike mouse KSper, the principal K channel in human sperm is primarily activated by internal Ca 2+, but only modestly by alkaline pH.

To be sure, it may whittle away modestly at the Afghanistan aid request, especially on the economic side, as it has before.

He lived modestly, with his wife, Lucia, refusing requests for interviews.

The F.D.A. request for more information may "modestly delay" approval of the device, said a Morgan Stanley analyst, Glenn Reicin, in a note to clients.

Modestly, sure.

noticeably, even if modestly.

The Youlds lived modestly.

He shrugged modestly.

I gave modestly.