Sentence examples for that was modest from inspiring English sources

It was time for a change after three games without a goal against opposition that was modest at best.

But it never went any lower; the anxiety, if you want to call it that, was modest, and the Yankees went on to win the World Series.

Endorsing Barack Obama at American University and the Democratic National Convention last year, Caroline looked girlish and pretty, with a smile that was modest yet contagious.

Her parents were rural schoolteachers, and she grew up the oldest of three children in a family that began in abject poverty and achieved a life that was modest even by Soviet standards.

They came up with a plan to build a semi-basement, plus an upper floor, in a boxy, flat-roofed house that was modest in height and sat well in the space.

Billing itself as "a celebration of the arts and outdoors", the festival's focus was as much on rustic banquets, foraging and meditation as on music, with a line-up that was modest but well chosen.

"We continue to have economic growth that is modest".

Nor has a pay scale that is modest compared with that for American executives.

Infrastructure is stretched as renters crowd into dwellings that were modest to begin with.

For me the most important thing is to dress in a way that is modest.

Yet in 2011 some winegrowers succeeded in making wines that are modest in alcohol.