Sentence examples for were always modest from inspiring English sources

Social benefits, amounting to about a quarter of the gross family income, were always modest by international standards.

His earnings were always modest, beginning at $10 an hour as a trainee, climbing to $13 an hour as an employment director at a job training agency in Camden, and then to $14 an hour at a similar position in Philadelphia.

She was always modest, generous and undemanding.

Despite his formidable reputation, Mick was always modest, accessible and communicative.

Appetites for rebelling against titans of the FTSE 100 index are always modest.

Her work was fearless and bold but she was always modest.

He added: "Famously self-deprecating, Kenny was always modest and humble about his own musical achievements.

But the touching fact about Cornejo's onstage extroversion is that he is always modest at the same time.

But she was always modest about her own accomplishments, and preferred to highlight those of her friends, including her professional colleagues.

Despite his achievements, Steve was always modest and softspoken, and he was extraordinarily loyal and dedicated to the museum and the people who worked for him.

Last month, former Sen. Ted Kaufman, the head of the Congressional Oversight Panel -- another bailout watchdog -- said of Obama's initial promise that "[a]t the time, our economy was on track to experience more than eight million foreclosures, so the goal was always modest compared to the scale of the problem.