Sentence examples for of a modicum from inspiring English sources

But for the first time in his seven-year career, he actually became the focus of a modicum of controversy when he left the Red Sox, and there followed a dispute about his health, and some of the things that were said about it.

If any of us inflicted our stream of consciousness on the world at large, with no further reflection, no simple common sense in the form of a modicum of diplomacy and reticence, we would cut ridiculous or tricky or outrageous figures.

Even more outrageous, many of these workers have traditionally defined benefit pensions that assure them of a modicum of comfort in retirement.

When Stewart announced a few weeks ago that he would be holding a Rally to Restore Sanity on the National Mall, it seemed to me that the goals of the student loan reform movement dovetailed nicely with that message since what we're really hoping to achieve is the restoration of a modicum of sanity to the student lending industry.

The unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness depend on a modicum of a mutually assured healthy lifestyle.

When the hoopla of Friday settles, the newlyweds are probably looking for a modicum of privacy.

I would wait for a modicum of order.

Then it was time for a modicum of reflection.

Mr. bin al-Shibh's case shows the importance of even a modicum of local support.

Among other changes, the amendment does away with the caretaker administrations that oversaw elections in the hope of ensuring a modicum of fairness.

The loss of even a modicum of security for people who had known so much horror and dislocation was wrenching and frightening.