Sentence examples for to be modesty from inspiring English sources

Tom becomes a reluctant local hero and to his alarm, which we take to be modesty, his face gets on TV.

Be Modesty and wear Hijab.

Nonetheless, her claim that no one pegs her as a star turns out not to be false modesty.

"There has to be a modesty … and you can't get grandiose with this job because you are following Beijing, and it's a late call for our nation I think because we are learning our place in the world.

He came to understand that the key this time was modesty.

What is modesty, really, but society telling you to sit in time-out for feeling awesome?

The issue really is modesty.

Since when was modesty in vogue?

That's modesty for you.

I am modesty incarnate.

What is modesty, if it deserts from truth?