Sentence examples for very modest background from inspiring English sources

I come from a very modest background, from foreign origins.

"Both come from a very modest background," Mostert said.

Craig was from a small town called Barrie in northern Ontario, from a very modest background.

Keefe came from a very modest background.

Cr VI) reactions with Cys displayed only very modest increases in DHE fluorescence (maximally 2.5-fold over background), whereas GSH samples had even lower DHE responses.

The stories of later arrivals, after the mid-1990s, were very different from the early arrivals, as they were characterized by people who were of more modest background.

"He was very modest.

"I come from a modest background.

"He's very modest.

She is very modest.

"I was very modest".