Sentence examples for spell of modest from inspiring English sources
It is possible that we could see some growth in the second quarter and we may see a spell of modest growth in the second half of the year, followed by a modest contraction, but this is not the end of the recession, said Howard Archer, chief economist at IHS Global Insight in London.
Her childhood was one of modest pleasures.
DEPARTMENT OF MODEST PROPOSALS parodying Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal".
But he's the epitome of modest.
The return of Modest Mouse.
Schwartzman: I'm kind of modest.
A factory closing, a spell of illness and life unravels when income is modest, a theme often explored by Loach, who is now 80.
He plays Charles Ryder, a would-be painter of relatively modest means who falls under the spell of a glamorous and wealthy aristocratic Roman Catholic family.
Their Sisyphean attempts at self-reinvention are both entertaining and poignant; the most ambitious of them achieves modest success selling dubious health products, before falling under the spell of an American raw-food guru.
A sunny spell of fishing.
Her latest spell of detention expires later this month.
