modesty

Example Sentences

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The layers of shell companies and use of foreign conduits into luxury real estate help leaders of the Islamic Republic maintain an image back home of embracing modesty and rejecting lavish lifestyles, researchers say.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

The ease and modesty present in “Marc by Sofia” sometimes seem perplexing.

From Salon • Mar. 27, 2026

This was not just false modesty, it was a mature batter realising that his place in the larger scheme of things had been made so much easier by an ace teammate.

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026

His quiet tone is not shyness or false modesty but circumspection and a sense of boundaries that imply respect and love for real communication.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026

She would look back with grace and modesty at the son or daughter who had given her the look.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger