"modest" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Mr. Bernstein is not overly modest, he said, but did not know whether there was anybody interested in the blacklist any more.
- Indeed, he sometimes seems to have an overly modest sense of his own powers.
- Rumail possessed no special talent in controlling weather, but neither was he overly modest about his power as a laranzu.
- Several hours and false trails later, I determined that Frank Paco does own the business, but is overly modest about it.
- But they overcompensate now by making the conference an overly modest affair.
- Few problems better illustrate the busy new museum's difficulties than the long lines at what seems like the overly modest number of public restrooms.
- (He awarded himself a 2:2, which I thought overly modest.)
- His smile made sure the Executioner knew he was being overly modest.
- Even the Pentagon, which has been largely exempted from budget pressures since 9/11, would have to find some (overly modest) cuts.
- In this company, Ms. Steenburgen is an overly modest contender.
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