Sentence examples for something that was modest from inspiring English sources

It is what the Delhi-based swimwear designers came up with when women started asking them for something that was modest but still appropriate for the beach.

"I wanted something exactly like what we find on every street corner in Italy," says the proprietress... "Something that is modest enough for every worker to want to walk in, and yet whoever has the ability to recognize refinement will see a more refined side to it"..

"I wanted something exactly like what we find on every street corner in Italy," says the proprietress... "Something that is modest enough for every worker to want to walk in, and yet whoever has the ability to recognize refinement will see a more refined side to it"...

"I'm talking about something that's a modest correction, not something draconian," he said.

So what about something to name after Truman, something that's suitably modest — bigger than a balcony, smaller than a train station — and somehow appropriate?

Instead, he has achieved something that is more modest and equally satisfying: the writing of a comic but deeply affecting tale about one man's travails that also provides a bright, digital snapshot of our times.

Remember, it is a graduation, not a party or fashion show, so try to buy something that is more modest and less flashy.

Wear clothes that are modest.

That was modest understatement.

That was modest, but untrue.

The Senate killed even the most modest gun legislation, something that is desired by the majority of the American people (front page, April 18).