MODEST in a Sentence
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137 example sentences for MODEST, such as:
1. He is modest in his behavior.
2. Yes, 'm,' Fuchs admitted with modest pride.
3. The research was carried out on a modest scale.
4. No modest, matronly dove grays and lilacs tonight.
5. The result reflects a modest rightward shift in opinion.
2. Yes, 'm,' Fuchs admitted with modest pride.
3. The research was carried out on a modest scale.
4. No modest, matronly dove grays and lilacs tonight.
5. The result reflects a modest rightward shift in opinion.
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Meanings and Examples of MODEST
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modest
a. marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself
a. free from pomp or affectation
Classic Sentence: (118 in 8 pages)
1 Melanie, however, did not seem to mind the smells, the wounds or the nakedness, which Scarlett thought strange in one who was the most timorous and modest of women.
2 "Thank God, I'm not that modest," thought Scarlett, feeling rather than seeing Melanie's agony of embarrassment, as she wrapped the ragged cloth about the shattered face.
3 She thought of the modest hoops of the war years and she felt a little embarrassed at these new skirts which undeniably outlined her abdomen.
4 When she did not receive calls from old friends, except Melanie and Pitty and Uncle Henry and Ashley, and did not get cards to their modest entertainments, she was genuinely puzzled and hurt.
5 A born artilleryman, a brave soldier and an uncomplaining gentleman, a modest man who wouldn't even take a commission when it was offered him.
6 No modest, matronly dove grays and lilacs tonight.
7 She only knew that as she had once desired to keep her mother thinking her modest, kind, pure of heart, so she now passionately desired to keep Melanie's high opinion.
8 Its modest "effects," compact of enamel paint and ingenuity, spoke to him in the language just then sweetest to his ear.
9 It was as the immortalizer of such occasions that little Dabham, wedged in modest watchfulness between two brilliant neighbours, suddenly became the centre of Selden's scrutiny.
10 In the Bon Ton Store she found Guy Pollock tentatively buying a modest gray scarf.
11 We used to dance modest, and we had just as much fun as all these young folks do now with their terrible Turkey Trots and hugging and all.
12 A modest voile blouse with an edging of lace at the neck.
13 She could, she asserted, endure a shabby but modest town; the town shabby and egomaniac she could not endure.
14 The husband, in Chicago, was working in a furniture factory for modest wages, and when he met his family at the station he was rather crushed by the size of it.
15 Yes, 'm,' Fuchs admitted with modest pride.
Example Sentence: (19 in 2 pages)
1 He is modest in his behavior.
2 The more a man knows, the more he is inclined to be modest.
3 The result reflects a modest rightward shift in opinion.
4 The research was carried out on a modest scale.
5 This modest group size allows our teachers to respond to the needs of each student.
6 He was always modest about his role in the Everest expedition.
7 Be modest in learning , for complacency is the enemy of study.
8 Asian women are more modest and shy, yet they tend to have an inner force.
9 It was a very modest affair, a gathering of Caribbean musicians in an area of London, where many West Indian immigrants had settled in the 1950s.
10 The giant redwoods and high cliffs dwarf the elegant Ahwahnee Hotel, making it appear a modest lodge rather than an imposing hostelry.
11 Its producer plans to shoot the project on a very modest budget, well below the tens, or even hundreds of millions, spent on a typical Hollywood blockbuster in the United States.
12 She was demure and reserved, a nice modest girl whom any young man would be proud to take home to his mother.
13 After living in a cramped studio apartment for years, Alicia thought the modest one bedroom looked downright palatial.
14 Blushing at all the praise heaped upon him by the speakers, the modest hero said, "I don't deserve any panegyric.".
15 Social life in my extended family, like that of most people of modest means who grew up in the country, revolved around meals, conversation, and storytelling.