modesty
Example Sentences
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His proposed ballroom “represents another way this presidency has abandoned its imperative of projecting modesty, openness, and stability,” the architect and historian Neil Flanagan complained in the Atlantic this month.
From Slate • May 18, 2026
"Children grow at different rates and for some eight-year-olds, having some more modesty in swimwear is absolutely appropriate," she said.
From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026
The ease and modesty present in “Marc by Sofia” sometimes seem perplexing.
From Salon • Mar. 27, 2026
His quiet tone is not shyness or false modesty but circumspection and a sense of boundaries that imply respect and love for real communication.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026
Emma was in the humour to value simplicity and modesty to the utmost; and all that was amiable, all that ought to be attaching, seemed on Harriet’s side, not her own.
From "Emma" by Jane Austen
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