6 sentences with 'modest'
Example sentences and phrases with the word modest and other words derived from it.
• « He was gentle and modest; he did not abuse his rank; he treated his father's associates with respect, and no one disliked Mr. Edsel. »
• « Instead, the victors deprived the French of their conquests and imposed a modest indemnity, but did not dismember the country. They did, however, redraw the map of Europe. »
• « Too modest to consider himself a gardener, grandfather saw himself only as the guardian of his plants. They, like him, were tenacious and hardy. »
• « Born on 13 March 1840 into a modest family of carters in Ormoy, a village in the east of France, Lumiére was passionate about progress, and as a young man he established himself as a photographer in Lyon. »