Sentence examples for modesty test from inspiring English sources

In the post-'poser' world, there is now a sign as you enter the compound depicting "right" and "wrong" ways to dress before you enter the Mosque and, in this regard, at least one of us, apparently failed the "modesty" test and was thus immediately directed to the basement to change into a borrowed abaya to cover up for "inappropriate" dress.

"Modesty" is the test.

Feminine taste runs to lavish tattoos, 6-inch wedgies and party dresses that put modesty severely to the test.

Rushdie himself has written, with appropriate modesty, that "if it can pass the test of another generation or two, it may endure".

The dilemmas of genetic testing are compounded in the ultra-Orthodox community, where the emphasis on modesty often dampens open discussion.

The modesty.

Modesty, too.

Resist your natural modesty.

Modesty was his watchword.

Modesty was a habit.

Sadly, his modesty prevailed.