Sentence examples for opens modestly from inspiring English sources

It opens modestly with a comic chapter narrated by Ugwu, a houseboy who longs to please.

Written by Bob Nelson, "Nebraska" opens modestly with two men in a car and grows progressively larger to encompass a family, a small town of the kind rarely seen in American cinema and a specific moment in time.

On the diagramed deal played long ago in a money game, East opened modestly with three clubs.

The documentary opened modestly, in four movie theaters nationwide, but demand has been high among rights organizations and cineclubs: it has been booked for more than 100 screenings in the next three months.

It opened modestly but grew into a hit, ultimately winning two Oscars (for Gielgud and the treacly, inescapable theme song) and nominations for Moore and for Gordon's screenplay.

The market opened modestly higher across the board and held onto those gains into the early afternoon as investors took a cautious stance ahead of the Fed's much-awaited announcement.

We say, 'We don't manage for the next quarter or next year -- we manage for the next generation.' " The Johnson Financial Group opened modestly as a regional bank in 1970 with eight employees.

Stocks opened modestly on Monday as Wall Street traders continued to respond with patience to the threat of a US default and continued to expect a last-minute deal to allow the Treasury to pay its bills.

Tea Party members can't get enough: references to the writer's works appear on their protest signs; political favourites such as Rand Paul namedrop her; and they seem staunchly devoted to promoting the first instalment of the three-part film adaptation of her epic tome, Atlas Shrugged, which opened modestly, if not quietly, last weekend in around 300 theatres across the US.

Stocks are expected to open modestly higher this morning, but a dearth of news could make for a thin and volatile trading day.

(Rooney) 'The Golden Veil' (previews start on Thursday; opens on June 4) The modestly named National Theater of the United States of America has a soft spot for old-timey performance modes; past efforts have embraced vaudeville, tent revivals and the Chautauqua circuit.