immodestly
Example Sentences
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When asked whether he has a favorite daytime temperature, Allen grinned immodestly and nodded.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2023
“I’ve always predicted we were going to have one like this,” Norman said, perhaps immodestly, advising a reporter to review past lectures he had given on modern epidemics.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 10, 2020
She immodestly calls herself a master legislator, but there’s truth in the brag — she brings more legislative experience to her job than those immediate predecessors.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 20, 2019
Accurately, if immodestly, Ms. Franklin accepted the regal moniker “the Queen of Soul.”
From Washington Post ● Aug. 16, 2018
The cradle of humanity continued to nurture numerous new species, such as Homo rudolfensis, ‘Man from Lake Rudolf’, Homo ergaster, ‘Working Man’, and eventually our own species, which we’ve immodestly named Homo sapiens, ‘Wise Man’.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
