The look of the minister of police was turned with concentrated spite on Villefort, who bent his head in modest triumph.

And when they finished, the whole thing seemed a modest triumph of taking a public eyesore and turning it into public art.

The smallest compliment, the most modest triumph delighted her.

Some considered it a modest triumph of independent film making.

So would he exult, or observe the diplomatic niceties of modest triumph?

The result is a quiet, modest triumph, but a triumph nonetheless.

A light of modest triumph glowed in the apothecary's eye.

These modest triumphs are the result of eight years of hard work by Pitcher and his team.

The molded chocolate mousse is a modest triumph, designed to avoid raw egg whites.

There was a look of modest triumph on Mrs. Spottsworth's handsome face.