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!
• One side of the modest cream house was tagged with graffiti, with raw eggs splattered on a front window.
  — Arelis R. Hernández, Washington Post, 17 Apr. 2023
• 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
• Wealthy patrons would donate animals to the modest zoo.
  — Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2024
• Groff, 45, said his request was both modest and important.
  — Adam Liptak, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Apr. 2023
• Garrett acknowledged that the savings for taxpayers would be modest.
  — Mike Cason | [e-mail], al, 6 Apr. 2023
• As the decades passed, this modest book—containing just forty photographs—has become a valuable artifact.
  — Benjamin Moser, The New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2024
• The specialty distributor paid a modest $2 million, according to sources.
  — Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Apr. 2023
• The chassis package also produces modest, 0.75-g skidpad cornering.
  — Larry Griffin, Car and Driver, 11 Apr. 2023
• 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

Last Updated: 26 Oct 2024