Sentence examples for yet modest from inspiring English sources

Brilliant yet modest, charming, thoughtful, witty.

Yet modest though they may be, they are still highly controversial.

Cartier The box: beautiful yet modest, this box is as lovely as what it holds.

Yet modest water storage can hugely improve yields in rain-fed agriculture, by smoothing over short dry spells.

What if an author put forth goals for his fiction so intelligent yet modest, so comprehensive yet dignified, that the reader would not — could not — forget them?

She always dressed well, in a refined way, with expensive yet modest accessories, and she drove a twelve-cylinder navy-blue Jaguar.

And because England's film scene has lower financial stakes (and better state subsidies) than America's, Kureishi has been able to make emotionally ambitious yet modest-budget films whose unresolved, ambivalent endings defy Hollywood convention.

A long way of saying that the team's civic and psychic resonance amplifies its resurgence far beyond its yet-modest dimensions.

You were so handsome and strong and yet so modest and humble.

Mom nurtured our independence and took pride in our accomplishments, yet was modest about her own.

There's been no meaningful recovery yet, though modest growth may finally come later this year.