Sentence examples for was not modest from inspiring English sources

WHEN, in 2010, Iain Duncan Smith announced a plan to replace Britain's thicket of welfare benefits with a single, simple "universal credit", he was not modest about its potential.

The eccentric Stein was not modest in her self-estimation: "Einstein was the creative philosophic mind of the century, and I have been the creative literary mind of the century".

W.N.B.A. Lynx's Lennox Is Rookie of Year Betty Lennox was not modest about her intentions when the Minnesota Lynx selected her with the sixth pick of the Women's National Basketball Association draft last summer.

At that lunch meeting I was humble, but I sure as hell was not modest.

These are not modest claims.

Its members are not modest.

But he is not modest.

ANAND RANGARAJAN'S claims are not modest.

The actions needed now are not modest.

Dick's fans are not modest in their claims.

The pilot is small, but its architects' goals are not modest.