"modest" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Duluth is a tradition-bound place, comfortable in its modest Nordic roots, slow to change.
- In other moments, however, the RS500's modest roots shine through.
- They say it has simply outgrown the neighborhood and abandoned its modest roots.
- Each of the men had risen from modest roots to become wealthy businessmen.
- The reality of a Subway Series grew from modest roots and routes.
- Since one cannot set out deliberately to find the unexpected, the work that prompted our radical revision had modest roots.
- The rally over the last few months has had more modest roots: signs that the economy is moderating and inflation is tame.
- Much has been written about Mr. Clinton's modest economic roots, with his mother widowed months before his birth.
- The statuettes had been left by a long-dead ancestor who was a sailor, and from such modest roots, she began the collection.
- Hoffer was influenced by his modest roots and working-class surroundings, seeing in it vast human potential.
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