Sentence examples for while a modest from inspiring English sources

Patrons smoked hookah pipes in the patio lounge while a modest band played.

WHAT IT WILL COST: A two-bedroom, 1,200-square-foot house here will cost about $300,000, while a modest starter home is $200,000.

While a modest find, there are suggestions it might be part of something grander - possibly the remains of Khafre's pyramid settlement, which was inhabited by priests and officials who oversaw the activities of the mortuary cult of Khafre.

Citi analyst David Thurtell said: "While a modest proportion of production has been halted, the major impact may come from the disruption of deliveries from the mines and from the disruption of power supplies to the mines.

KIM DINGLE Celebrated for bravura renderings of little girls in frilly dresses and violent moods, the Los Angeles artist Dingle stopped painting for a number of years while a modest coffeehouse that she founded, called Fatty's, became an exhaustingly successful restaurant.

I worry that higher oil prices could slow down the recovery while a modest increase in consumer spending won't be enough to push unemployment down to 8%.

(A ton of cooling equals 12,000 British thermal units an hour. For comparison's sake, a residential room air-conditioner may have a capacity of less than one ton, while a modest-sized house would require three or more tons).

But the S.E.C., while receiving a modest funding increase this year, still cannot keep pace with the growing industry.

While many, if not most, Gazans could not afford to eat here, Eleiwa says he keeps his prices as low as possible while making a modest profit.

After leaving school, many Germans start an apprenticeship, during which they learn a trade and continue their education, while receiving a modest salary.

Castro, in his fifth season with the Mets, has been a productive backup, batting.252 while supplying a modest amount of right-handed power from the bench.