Sentence examples for modicum of strength from inspiring English sources

Practically everything else in the stock market was down on Thursday, but General Electric drew a modicum of strength from comments that its financial arm was likely to remain a blue-chip credit.

The conglomerate drew a modicum of strength Thursday from comments that its financial arm was likely to remain a blue-chip credit as Chief Financial Officer Keith Sherin Keith Sherin insisted there was no "time bomb" hidden in its GE Capital finance arm.

If Obama can rise even halfway as high to his occasion and show a modicum of Truman's strength and spunk, he'll have better than a fighting chance to provide the change he promised.

So what I've done is I've started an organization down here that I got a non-profit status, so that I can help the girls, and train them, and teach them how to negotiate through this world and the society and maintain some modicum of safety and strength and resilience so that we can resist the bullshit and we can rebel against the crap that is holding us down.

Establishing that modicum of trust took years.

A modicum of people like it.

There is a modicum of control.

It provided a modicum of hope".

"I had a modicum of talent".

It even contains a modicum of good news.

How dare they enjoy a modicum of economic comfort?