Sentence examples for so modesty from inspiring English sources

The essential requirement is not training, but the desire to communicate one's knowledge, some degree of innate talent for doing so (modesty apart), and a willingness to learn from experience and pay good heed to the advice of more experienced colleagues.

The bathing gown in the 18th century was a loose ankle-length full-sleeve chemise-type gown made of wool or flannel, so that modesty or decency was not threatened.

The Co-operative, which has around 4,000 stores in the UK, has ordered men's magazines such as Loaded, Nuts, Zoo and Front – long criticised by campaigners for containing images of semi-naked women – to conceal their titles in so-called "modesty bags" by 9 September.

The case also offered a glimpse of the Satmar community's shadowy efforts to enforce rigid codes of behavior — particularly for young girls — by allowing so-called modesty committees to intimidate girls for wearing revealing clothing or using cellphones, and requiring parents to send children judged to be breaking rules to religious counselors, many of whom are not licensed and charge high fees.

This adherence to so-called "modesty norms" doesn't extend to ideas or other good colleagues -- we have no problem touting their good work -- rather it's limited to how women sell themselves.

Why is modesty so dearly preserved in some venues and so categorically denied in others?

So was the modesty of his ambitions.

He had a modesty so profound that it sometimes seemed to shade into a shortage of self-confidence.

Civil rights, she implies, are important, but so is judicial modesty, and a sensible judge balances the two.

Attlee had a modest mustache and came from a modest family, and had a modest demeanor so much so that his modesty made him almost a joke figure.

I think the government absolutely has a role in protecting public goods like the environment, but should do so with great modesty about the limits of its own wisdom.