Sentence examples for said modest from inspiring English sources

Indeed, Mr. Cornell said, modest growth will work.

"I don't know if I'm in their league," Bush said, modest as ever.

Richard Donnell, the insight director at the property consultancy Hometrack, said modest price falls were likely in London's higher-value markets.

She said modest admission fees of $7 to $9, school programs and family nights would attract local residents to the museum's 19th- and 20th-century American art and a special exhibit of Rembrandt paintings and etchings.

SUNY's interim chancellor, John B. Clark, a commission member, lauded the proposals on Wednesday but said modest tuition increases were also "important" because the last ones were five years ago.

Stephen Williams, joint secretary and general counsel for Unilever, said modest payments of that kind were "tolerated, not encouraged" at the company as long as they met several conditions, including that the amount is small, the payment is made to expedite something that would have happened eventually anyway, that it is in line with local practice, and that it is done in public.

For instance, her invitation says "modest attire requested".

I say modest, because Sam's seats just 18 people, and that's only if they are all small, thin and enjoy being jostled.

The reality is that both small businesses and workers are hurt far more by the weak economy than they would be by, say, modest inflation that helps promote recovery.

Release some endorphins -- it feels good and Reuters says modest exercise will also help lower your blood pressure.

"The army has given me a chance to support myself," says Modest, 14. Perched on the edge of a tree stump, clutching his Kalashnikov, Modest is less excited about the demobilization ceremony than Ahmed.