Sentence examples for winningly modest from inspiring English sources
It was a winningly modest reply.
De Felitta previously made the underrated New Jersey family comedy City Island, and his latest is similarly, winningly modest – Bonnie and Clyde played as tragedy-laced Bronx farce.
The surprise of this winningly modest presentation of a vintage hit, which opened last night at the Greenwich House Theater under Christopher Ashley's direction, is that it shows no sign at all of spoilage.
Frampton is a winningly modest fighter but his pride is obvious as he and McGuigan study the unblemished mural which has never been smeared with graffiti or political slogans.
As these three go about the serious matter of unmasking the teacher and confronting their own futures, their mature steps toward honesty frequently descend to the level of: "You use cover-up to hide your acne and think people can't tell!" Everything about "Speech & Debate" is deliberately, and winningly, modest.
(Fashion-intensive portraiture befits the more modest gifts of Whistler's contemporary James Tissot, who was content to simper winningly).
"No, really," I smile winningly.
"What stuff?" I mumbled winningly.
It is winningly, tragically, funny.
