Sentence examples for told modestly from inspiring English sources

The story is told, modestly, from the lessons in hospital while he was recovering from a strained back, and life in the Merchant Navy, to the recording studios and the Café de Paris.

"I scored some O.K. goals in my career," Henry told reporters modestly.

Owner and head chef Salvatore Barba told us, modestly: "All my food is spectacular!" – and he was right.

"We worked together with a company to optimise the plates for that purpose," he told me, modestly – belying the challenging nature of the method, which others had struggled to master.

"This finding wouldn't change Europe's history, it would just modify it," he told me modestly during a 30-minute international call.

Durrell modestly told my friend the writer Valerie Grove that the book had "kept him in cheese".

Bart modestly told Steyn that for Oliver! he did Tom and Jerry music, thinking in terms of people's walks.

"He told me, very modestly, he was an artist and he had a show on of his work at the time.

A grim, gray and -- after 75 minutes -- gone film by Israel Adrián Caetano, "Bolivia" is a tough-minded though modestly told parable of life on the streets.

It's best, we were told, to dress modestly and leave jewelry at the hotel; carry enough cash for immediate needs.

His production of the complete work opened in July, and at once became the talk of Germany".Any fool can stage part one of 'Faust'," Mr Stein modestly told The Economist.