How to Use modest in a Sentence

modest

adjective

• They own a modest home near the beach.
• He has only a modest amount of knowledge on the subject.
• We live on a modest budget.
• He earns a modest income.
• She's very modest about her achievements.
• It is a book of only modest importance.
• She enjoyed modest success with her singing career.
• New cars are now available at relatively modest prices.
• Don't be so modest. Your performance was wonderful!
• The front is modest, but the oval cutout in the back gives it extra flair.
  — Claire Harmeyer, People.com, 1 Aug. 2025
• The dining room is modest in size, and the menu is just shy of 20 items.
  — Stefene Russell, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 May 2022
• My goal is more modest—a weeklong road trip to some of the trail’s key sites.
  — Emma John, AFAR Media, 7 Jan. 2025
• Scroll down for the most stylish modest prom dresses of 2023.
  — Hannah Oh, Seventeen, 6 Jan. 2023
• And many Fed watchers expect the pace of rate cuts in 2025 to slow and the size of the cuts, if any, to be modest.
  — Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 19 Dec. 2024
• In the same years, the bottom 90% of earners saw their wages grow by a more modest 33%.
  — Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 8 Oct. 2024
• Kathy Roat, 63, said the modest stone structure has lessons to teach us.
  — Washington Post, 23 Apr. 2022
• In July, the CPI rose a high, but more modest, 8.5% from the year before.
  — Peter Cohan, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2022
• Moody’s projects even more modest growth, of 1 to 3 percent.
  — Jaclyn Peiser, Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2023
• The modest upside to core CPI fell well short of that threshold.
  — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 12 Aug. 2025
• That was still a fair result for a film that cost a modest $28 million to make.
  — Jake Coyle, Quartz, 21 Apr. 2024
• The Supreme Court agreed to hear the case, and the relief the villagers are seeking — that the law be enforced — might seem modest.
  — Mark Mazzetti Jonathan Davis Anna Diamond David Mason, New York Times, 16 May 2024
• Moreover, the fund’s more modest 6.1% yield leaves room for that payout to grow.
  — Michael Foster, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2024
• Rorem’s twilight, like that of his peers, was a modest and quiet one.
  — Joshua Barone, New York Times, 20 Nov. 2022
• Companies are still hiring, though at a more modest pace than at the start of the year.
  — Christopher Rugaber, Fortune, 29 May 2024
• Prada is faring best among the worst with a modest 2% dip.
  — Lilian Raji, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
• While the brand may not be as big as a corporate brand, Smith is modest about the success of it.
  — Allyson Portee, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2022
• Most of these items were modest in size, and many appeared to be chunks of tiles from Starship's heat shield.
  — Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 1 Feb. 2025
• The entry-level Tank Must is priced at a modest $3,850.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 27 July 2024
• The related people would be vetted, and the employer would pay a modest daily tariff (e.g., $25) for the right to employ them.
  — Boston Herald, 13 Aug. 2025
• Both were sublime junior talents who came from families with more modest means.
  — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 24 Aug. 2025