Sentence examples for modestly working from inspiring English sources

These days most locals live more modestly, working at power plants, timber operations and the infamous Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, a maximum-security prison.

Until the success of "Morning Star" when he was 60, he lived modestly, working at whatever job he could find — reading meters, delivering packages, accepting résumés at an unemployment office — so that he could devote himself to writing.

Her father grew up modestly, worked for UNRWA, the UN agency responsible for the refugee camps, then moved to Saudi Arabia.

Very little was known about the country's chief law officer and she seemed content to keep it that way, as it enabled her to quietly and modestly go about her work.

There are signs this approach is working – albeit modestly.

My modestly powered CBR250R was working much harder to go the same speed.

The deal sees the return of its entire fund so far, and, arguably, is validation that the company builder's lean model is working, albeit modestly.

"Employment is falling more slowly, wages are growing modestly and hours worked are expanding, giving a lift to incomes".

The BAMs (excluding BAI) work modestly to reduce the sectoral export volume declines of the NBA.

In other words, such adaptation should initialize modestly and subsequently work incrementally (or decrementally) as ' what you see is what you do' (WYSIWYD).

It, too, seemed to work modestly well, but its trial also had to stop because it showed signs of liver toxicity.