modest

Example Sentences

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From the dining room table of her modest apartment, she owned and operated Beauty and the Beast Entertainment.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

The frugality in “Hag” is apparent from its modest start.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026

Lemssouguer grew up with three siblings in a modest apartment in Casablanca.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

But in the grand scheme of things, they’re modest.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

On Tuesday, a funeral service was held in the modest redbrick Ebenezer Baptist Church where his father had presided for three decades, and in which young “M. L.”

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson