How to Use modicum in a Sentence

modicum

noun

• This modicum of good taste is alone enough to make the Vanagon a class of one.
  — Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver, 15 May 2020
• This, at least, could bring a modicum of calm, if not overall peace.
  — Matthew Bodner, NBC News, 8 Dec. 2019
• But such a deal requires a modicum of trust, something the two sides do not have.
  — Joshua Berlinger, CNN, 8 Oct. 2020
• Alex Van Halen played his drums with a modicum of finesse.
  — The Enquirer, 7 Oct. 2020
• These days the words roll off his tongue easily, and, yes, with a modicum of pride.
  — Ailene Voisin, sacbee, 26 Jan. 2018
• Since the coup, the junta has struggled to find even a modicum of support elsewhere in the world.
  — Sui-Lee Wee, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2022
• The genre’s formulaic beats are, for the most part, hit with a modicum of savvy smarts.
  — Courtney Howard, Variety, 9 Feb. 2023
• But as the Wings gained a modicum of health, their play improved, and the losing streaks grew shorter.
  — Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 23 Mar. 2021
• False bravado only works when there is a modicum of truth to it.
  — Todd J. Gillman, Dallas News, 24 July 2020
• There was no one place that had even a modicum of integrity.
  — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2023
• Up to now, the hospitals had managed to treat the ill with some modicum of order.
  — Nan Randall, The Atlantic, 25 Jan. 2018
• But alas, the idea of Brady and the Colts hooking up for a one-year stand in 2020 actually makes a modicum of sense.
  — Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star, 5 Jan. 2020
• For her part, Jasmine harbors at least a modicum of warm feelings about her time in the group.
  — Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2021
• Pratt brings a wry derring-do to the mayhem, and the escape from Isla Nublar has its modicum of thrills.
  — Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 June 2018
• And the only thing on the horizon to pique a modicum of interest is Groundhog Day!
  — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 7 Jan. 2022
• Each had a modicum of trust that the other would act in a reasonably predictable way.
  — Andrew Higgins, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2018
• The six-episode series focuses on that journey from pain to at least a modicum of peace.
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 10 Mar. 2022
• From the funder perspective, 2019 saw a modicum of progress.
  — Fortune, 2 Mar. 2020
• Steering is quick and nicely weighted, with a modicum of road feel.
  — cleveland, 1 Aug. 2020
• Gnarled trees behind the sand provide a modicum of shade and the cove is well protected for swimming.
  — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 29 May 2024
• Gnarled trees behind the sand provide a modicum of shade and the cove is well protected for swimming.
  — Joe Yogerst, CNN, 29 May 2023
• Anyone with a modicum of self-awareness can sense when that has happened.
  — Henry Schulman, SFChronicle.com, 11 Dec. 2020
• Yet, a modicum of team members sadly retracts and withdraws from the pack.
  — Peter Weedfald, Forbes, 30 June 2022
• With a modicum of safety gear, gamblers can run their cars in the HooptieX series.
  — Elana Scherr, Car and Driver, 29 July 2023
• Most broadcasters of its games say the name without a modicum of concern.
  — Kevin B. Blackistone, courant.com, 23 Sep. 2019
• Miller has been the subject of opposing boos all year, earning a modicum of respect in a way.
  — Nick Alvarez | [e-mail], al, 13 Mar. 2023
• Each of the solutions provide a modicum of relief to the treacherous stretch of road.
  — Michelle L. Quinn, chicagotribune.com, 20 Oct. 2021
• Some have found ways to improvise a modicum of comfort.
  — Caitlin Dickerson, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2020
• All that is needed is the political will and a modicum of competence.
  — Andrew Cuomo, New York Daily News, 1 Apr. 2024
• Normal mode gives the driver a modicum more pep with the tradeoff of having to move your foot to the brake pedal to slow down, aping the feel of an internal combustion engine.
  — Eric Bangeman, Ars Technica, 16 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 9 Nov 2024