Sentence examples for name a modest from inspiring English sources

At the end of 2013, FLIXPAC reported having $6,918 to its name — a modest amount relative to many corporate PACs.

Pay what you can, but ideally this much" — she named a modest amount — "and put the money in this bag".

It features big names, a modest budget and has a slightly more accessible tone, but still feels uniquely Wheatley, an adaptation of one of J.G. Ballard's best-loved novels.

In an earlier novel to which the new one is an obvious companion, "All the Names," a modest clerk similarly becomes obsessed with a perfectly ordinary citizen, a woman whose name on a birth certificate catches him by surprise one evening at his workplace, the Central Registry of Births, Marriages, and Deaths.

Planché named a "modest sum" of £10 for the privilege which Murray said he could not pay, citing the poor financial situation of his theatre.

But the house, now in his wife's name, is a modest one in Lakeville, Conn., and was purchased in 1996 for $185,000, records show.

His pub is just what the name implies: a modest place with 14 TV screens in the main bar and three more in the restrooms, so hardcore fans don't miss any action when nature calls.

America Online aol, one of the five companies picked by a non-profit group to register new domain names, headed a modest rise by Internet bellwether stocks.