How to Use modest in a Sentence

modest

adjective
  • They own a modest home near the beach.
  • He has only a modest amount of knowledge on the subject.
  • We live on a modest budget.
  • He earns a modest income.
  • She's very modest about her achievements.
  • It is a book of only modest importance.
  • She enjoyed modest success with her singing career.
  • New cars are now available at relatively modest prices.
  • Don't be so modest. Your performance was wonderful!
  • In the same years, the bottom 90% of earners saw their wages grow by a more modest 33%.
    Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 8 Oct. 2024
  • Moody’s projects even more modest growth, of 1 to 3 percent.
    Jaclyn Peiser, Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2023
  • That was still a fair result for a film that cost a modest $28 million to make.
    Jake Coyle, Quartz, 21 Apr. 2024
  • The Supreme Court agreed to hear the case, and the relief the villagers are seeking — that the law be enforced — might seem modest.
    Mark Mazzetti Jonathan Davis Anna Diamond David Mason, New York Times, 16 May 2024
  • Moreover, the fund’s more modest 6.1% yield leaves room for that payout to grow.
    Michael Foster, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2024
  • Companies are still hiring, though at a more modest pace than at the start of the year.
    Christopher Rugaber, Fortune, 29 May 2024
  • The entry-level Tank Must is priced at a modest $3,850.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 27 July 2024
  • Higgs was modest about his achievements and shy of the media.
    Reuters, CNN, 9 Apr. 2024
  • Away from the main attraction of its folding screen, the LG Gram Fold’s specs are more modest.
    Jon Porter, The Verge, 26 Sep. 2023
  • American will grow a more modest 5% but still have the largest number of seats.
    David Koenig, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Nov. 2023
  • The more modest project is on track to start production later this year, as planned.
    Lionel Lim, Fortune Asia, 14 Mar. 2024
  • His bandmates, meanwhile, were paid less than the modest union scale.
    Larry Tye, Fortune, 4 May 2024
  • The impact of the more modest rule will depend on enforcement.
    Noah Bierman, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Sales in the United States also grew during the quarter but at a more modest clip.
    Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN, 1 Aug. 2023
  • With a below waist length, the pullover sweater is modest and roomy enough to layer over a collared shirt or tank.
    Andie Kanaras, Southern Living, 4 Oct. 2023
  • When visiting the mosque, make sure you are dressed in modest attire.
    Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 27 Oct. 2023
  • That modest track record doesn’t seem to be deterring stock traders.
    Michelle Toh, CNN, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Folks who are more modest or will be breastfeeding in public may want to keep that in mind.
    Maya Polton, Parents, 16 May 2024
  • At just under 2,300 square feet, the home is modest in size, with two bedrooms, two bathrooms, and an airy great room.
    Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 20 Feb. 2024
  • An overgrown service road snaked through the hills, taking a roundabout route that never rose above a modest incline.
    Greg Jackson, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
  • When it was outlawed under the 1970 Controlled Substances Act, the modest interest that remained was largely put on ice.
    Oshan Jarow, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024

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