modest

In a sentence

Six example sentences with modest, each labelled with its topic.

• The champion stayed modest after the final, crediting his teammates and the patch notes rather than his own reflexes.

  Gaming

• The architect lived in a modest two room cottage behind the studio, with a single window facing the garden.

  Architecture

• The surgeon who pioneered the technique remained modest, insisting the nurses and the anesthetist deserved half the credit.

  Medicine

• The league's leading scorer stayed modest in interviews, naming the screener on every basket the reporters asked about.

  Basketball

• The physicist was modest about the prize, telling students that the graduate who built the detector deserved the medal.

  Science

• The cellist keeps a modest flat above a bakery and still takes the bus to concerts where she is the soloist.

  Music

Found in these word lists

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