Use of modestly in Sentences. 29 Examples

The examples include modestly at the start of sentence, modestly at the end of sentence and modestly in the middle of sentence

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modestly at the start of sentence


  1. Modestly numbered and sparely equipped, they had just bested the greatest army the Federal government had ever assembled.

modestly at the end of sentence


  1. She was dressed modestly.
  2. 'I was just lucky,' he said modestly.
  3. 'I'm not a very good painter,' he said modestly.
  4. Self-reliance was also promoted in other economic spheres, albeit modestly.
  5. "You really must be very good at what you do." — "I suppose I am," Kate said modestly.
  6. If the budget is actually balanced because of Clinton, his comparative stature in the annals of history will grow only modestly.

modestly in the middle of sentence


  1. She is always modestly dressed.
  2. A black kerchief modestly veiled her hair.
  3. At just £9, the training video is very modestly priced.
  4. Britain's balance of payments improved modestly last month.
  5. She cast her eyes down modestly while Jack was talking about her.
  6. Women have to dress modestly, to avoid being harassed by the locals.
  7. Being youngsters, we sat modestly at the back, never daring to speak.
  8. They talked modestly of their valiant efforts to keep the tanker afloat.
  9. On the whole she had lived modestly, with a notable lack of ostentation.
  10. But they modestly assure the reader that their registry is not complete.
  11. She dressed modestly in a blue pantsuit covered by a tan all-weather coat.
  12. She sat down cautiously on the red canvas cushions, knees modestly together.
  13. I was surprised to see General Grant walking along modestly... toward Mr Lincoln.
  14. Within a few days of its unveiling Achilles was modestly kitted out with a fig leaf.
  15. She modestly suggests that "sex, or at any rate gender, may account for the difference".
  16. And, no matter how modestly it begins, the effort must be sustainable over the long term.
  17. Those early days of marriage were lived modestly in a one-bedroom flat in Clapham, South London.
  18. Why have you opted for a relatively modestly sized premises rather than a larger exhibition area?
  19. Wilkie, who describes himself modestly as a working journalist, then tracked down the poet's widow.
  20. But now a strengthening California economy, spearheaded by a boom in Silicon Valley, has sent prices modestly upward.
  21. The study also found that garlic supplements reduced blood pressure modestly, confirming results from previous studies.
  22. His appeal to Wilson modestly requested constitutional government, democratic freedoms and other reforms for Vietnamconspicuously omitting any reference to independence.

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