Having modest aspirations meant that she never felt as if she was failing.

My orders are to return to Savannah, pick up some Loyalist families with more modest aspirations than your own.

The British magazines addressed more modest aspirations.

At least some of the Plan's more modest aspirations were translated into action.

Even modest aspirations (Frankie talks dreamily about the unlikely possibility of becoming a teacher) seem like impossible fantasies.

But the majority reflect more modest aspirations.

But some consumers have more modest aspirations or are more attuned to the rates on their savings accounts and their home loans.

But she has had to modify even modest aspirations.

Then there is the United States, the hulking giant that sends a decent team with modest aspirations of getting out of the first round.

The conference began in Santa Fe as a small, primarily regional event with modest national aspirations.