How to Use modesty in a Sentence

modesty

noun

• She accepted the award with modesty.
• There was no false modesty in her victory speech.
• He is known for his modesty, an uncommon characteristic for a politician.
• Be sure to leave your modesty at home and toughen up your skin.
  — Madeleine Marr, miamiherald, 30 Apr. 2018
• Just a reminder that greatness and modesty can go hand in hand.
  — Jayson Stark, New York Times, 1 May 2026
• And the nude man should respond with modesty or shame (aidos).
  — Autumn Wright, Wired, 16 Jan. 2021
• So don’t be so infarnal mealy-mouthed, with your mock modesty.
  — Ben Zimmer, WSJ, 23 Mar. 2018
• Some of the women have placed their hands in poses that protect their modesty.
  — Mike Giuliano, Howard County Times, 8 June 2018
• But at the same time, this culture of modesty connects us with our people.
  — Fiction Non Fiction august 7, Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2025
• The sparseness of the script matches the modesty of the staging.
  — David Sims, The Atlantic, 12 Jan. 2022
• There are a couple songs on there that—all modesty aside—are super, super dope.
  — Lauren Valenti, Marie Claire, 9 Nov. 2015
• Oh, hadn’t this girl ever heard about the virtues of modesty and humbleness?
  — Chicago Tribune, chicagotribune.com, 2 June 2018
• Such modesty is now being tested.
  — Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Oct. 2025
• Wisdom, and a kind of high modesty that doesn’t seek to win the moment, was what was needed.
  — Peggy Noonan, WSJ, 6 Jan. 2022
• What the report recommends is telling in its modesty.
  — Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
• But his modesty would have rejected any effort of others to tell him.
  — Rosa Inocencio Smith, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2017
• Maybe in the two years since, people have become wise to the fraudulent show of modesty.
  — Jonathan Jones, SI.com, 10 July 2018
• And within the culture of print journalism, there has long been a kind of false modesty.
  — David Zurawik, baltimoresun.com, 10 May 2018
• And all appearances to the contrary, there is a kind of modesty to him, a part that is very simple.
  — Kennedy Fraser, Vogue, 19 Feb. 2019
• There's also the issue of modesty, one of the hallmarks of the Catholic faith.
  — Jessica Andrews, Teen Vogue, 9 May 2018
• Butlers whisk clothes off to be pressed and even unpack and pack your bags, should your modesty not stand in the way of the service.
  — Lauren Mowery, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2022
• Such modesty did not keep him from rising to the pinnacle of his profession.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 11 Sep. 2022
• The school has an extensive code of conduct, including a dress code aimed at modesty.
  — Rachel Leingang, azcentral, 4 May 2018
• Many women wear it to demonstrate their submission to God and their modesty.
  — Wendy Moonan, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 June 2021
• The sheer back alluded to skin while retaining a hint of modesty, while the slit down the spine was a natty touch.
  — Edward Barsamian, Vogue, 27 June 2018
• But modesty might have something to do with it too—for a while, button fly was considered too risqué for women.
  — Chelsea Peng, Marie Claire, 31 Mar. 2017
• Strategic ribbons were also added to preserve the modesty of the figures.
  — Tim Genske, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2024
• There is restraint and modesty in the Martínez’s songs and ensemble numbers.
  — Anthony Tommasini, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2018
• These young ladies are primed for a life of modesty and subservience to their husbands and the future fathers of their children.
  — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 4 June 2026
• Greater modesty is not the moral Mr Biden seems to have learned from his tutelage in the last recession.
  — The Economist, 6 Feb. 2021