Modest example sentences

This time the smaller groups kept modestly in the background.She was not at all pretty, but seemed modest and quite shy.After all, governments spend large sums of money on building industrial or other projects on lands taken from tribals – so why should they be reluctant to spend even very modest amounts on rehabilitating the displaced? As we can see, the existence of a right or a law or even a policy on paper does not mean that it exists in reality.Many of the modest brick and terracotta temples in Bengal were built with the support of several “low” social groups, such as the Kolu (oil pressers) and the Kansari (bell metal workers).Generally persons with modest means purchase goods from such shops.Since you know so much about me, won't you say something about yourself? You have been so modest.He discovered his two laws of electrolysis in 183 Faraday was a very modest and kind hearted person.