Sentence examples for slight and modest from inspiring English sources

Fountain is a graying man, slight and modest, who looks, in the words of a friend of his, like a "golf pro from Augusta, Georgia".

Slight of build and modest of demeanor, he has an open, attractive face, and brown hair that is flecked with gray.

The drinking rates among women have been relatively stable with slight increases in the 1970s and modest declines since the 1980s [ 6, 8, 9] along with slight declines noted for women aged 18 44 in the 1990s [ 10].

A SLIGHT, rather modest and scholarly looking man enters the room.

Given her nervous laugh and slight stature, the modest Ms. Gilman would seem to have little in common with the archetypal television producer.

Consequently, both slight increases in the absolute value of AAL and modest decreases in the AAD ratio are observed.

There was a slight, albeit modest, improvement in survival and relative mortality in pancreatic cancer patients between 1998 and 2009.

Although our data showed heterogeneity and lack of association in this locus, a slight or modest effect of CHRNA9 cannot be ruled out, and further studies will be required to determine whether this region is associated with SSc.