Sentence examples for they were modest from inspiring English sources

"They were modest.

They were modest expectations, and Rasner had modest success.

As for school trips – they were modest affairs.

So far as negotiations were concerned, it is clear that they were modest at best.

They were modest about what they had done during the occupation.

Supporters of the proposed tax increases had stressed that they were modest in size.

They're modest at best.

Granted, they are modest, 1950s-style undergarments, but still.

They are modest, and they are in pain, and they did not want anybody to make a fuss.

They are modest about their gift: for them, flying is intuitive.

But it's relative; they're modest by most standards these days.