How to use "modest" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "modest" in popular movie and book plots

  • She rents a modest house and adopts the name Sara Waters.  - Sleeping with the Enemy
  • Succumbing to her agreeable femininity, Selden begins to fall in love with Lily, yet realizes that she cannot marry a man of his modest means.  - The House of Mirth
  • He died in late March 1960 in Lisbon, a well-liked man of modest means.  - Alves dos Reis
  • Since he's one of the in-crowd, he has seldom paid any attention to Jamie, who wears modest dresses and owns only one sweater.  - A Walk to Remember
  • He returns to Tokyo, finds employment, and establishes a modest household with Kiyo.  - Botchan
  • On returning to New York, she moves into a modest apartment, raises the children on her own, and does volunteer work in her spare time.  - Alice (1990 film)
  • Grace, a beautiful but modest woman, wishes to keep running, but Tom assures her that the mountains ahead are too difficult to pass.  - Dogville
  • In the end, Kuzco is shown living next door to Pacha's family in a modest cabin, sharing a swimming pool with Pacha and his family.  - The Emperor's New Groove
  • They ask only for a modest pay raise, a new tea kettle, and a dartboard.  - Guards! Guards!
  • At the age of 16, Wilson's father died and left him a modest fortune.  - Joseph Andrews
  • She has put away her old things and has become a modest woman.  - Sadie Thompson
  • The Wigand family move into a more modest house, Wigand now working as a teacher.  - The Insider (film)
  • He has a modest family life, where he is a car tire salesman for Kate's father and Kate is a non-profit lawyer.  - The Family Man
  • Bowling is wondering what to do with a modest sum of money that he has won on a horserace and which he has concealed from his wife and family.  - Coming Up for Air
  • Lucy's lifeless body lies on her modest bed as Battling has a drink in the other room.  - Broken Blossoms
  • Despite his wealth, Fogg lives a modest life with habits carried out with mathematical precision.  - Around the World in Eighty Days

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