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• In the cult of degenerates, acts of decency, kindness and modesty could be seen as acts of apostasy.From the entry degenerate
• Although having a large ego is considered undesirable, at times it is proper to take credit where it is due rather than display false modesty.From the entry false modesty
• Not any more burdened by modesty than you used to be, I perceive, young lady.2023, Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey, More About Peggy, page 27. From the entry burdened
• Well, when you're living on a portaledge, there's no room for such modesty.2017 August 18, Sasha DiGiulian, “What Life’s Really Like 1,400 Feet Up a Big Wall”, in Outside, Chicago, I.L.: Outside, Inc., →ISSN…. From the entry portaledge
• Some TV anchors foamed at the mouth over how the “modesty of Indian culture” had been desecrated.2015 February 24, Amrit Dhillon, “India struggles to develop what it sadly lacks: A sense of humour”, in The Globe and Mail. From the entry foam at the mouth
• Underwear protects the body from cold and provides some degree of modesty for the wearer.1996, Jennifer Ruby, Underwear (Costume in Context), London: B T Batsford Ltd, →ISBN, page 5. From the entry outergarment
• I think I may say, in all modesty, that I have done a rare thing.1990, Richard Connell, The Most Dangerous Game, page 20. From the entry in all modesty
• His conventional manners stood for order, and his unloquaciousness was the modesty of the doomed.1987, Mavis Gallant, “Its Image on the Mirror”, in Douglas Daymond, Leslie Monkman, editors, On Middle Ground: Novellas by Clark Blaise…. From the entry unloquaciousness
• It seems to me, in all modesty, that you are well paired.1934, Isak Dinesen, Seven Gothic Tales, page 134. From the entry in all modesty
• Just as the logic of signaling attracts New Money to luxury, countersignaling directs the Old Money sensibility toward modesty.2022, W. David Marx, chapter 5, in Status and Culture, Viking, →ISBN. From the entry countersignal
• 'That underweening manner', Shrapnel commented, conveyed 'the reverse of modesty'.2013, John Campbell, Edward Heath: A Biography, →ISBN, page 502. From the entry underweening
• The rules of decency and modesty arose out of antiphysical repugnances to physical functions that seemed to humiliate human dignity.2013, Bampfylde Fuller, The Law Within, page 71. From the entry antiphysical
• Forget about false modesty, not to mention its nonfalse counterpart.2007 January 24, Kelefa Sanneh, “It’s a Deal: You Like Me and I Like Me Too”, in New York Times. From the entry nonfalse
• What I liked was the modesty that underlies Jacobson's antiformalism.1997 July 18, Fred Camper, “Don't Fence Me In”, in Chicago Reader. From the entry antiformalism
• His virginal modesty is a modern abulia.1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae. From the entry abulia
• He has the organising ability of the Italians, the flexibility of the Germans, and the modesty of the French.1981 March 23, Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn, “The Devil You Know (Yes Minister)”, in Yes, Prime Minister, season 2, episode 5, spoken by Jim…. From the entry Common Market
• She wouldn’t uncowl, for modesty she said, but let me ground her and lift dun shift to white shoulders.1972, John Barth, “Perseid”, in Chimera, New York: Fawcett Crest, page 103. From the entry uncowl
• Her free and easy association with her fellow nurses is prone to break down her womanly reserve and natural modesty.1919, Gertrude Harding, The Higher Aspect of Nursing, W. B. Saunders Company, pages 180–181. From the entry persnickety
• That is why it has been so difficult to draw his picture, to show the modesty lying behind his giant strength.[1906, Mrs. Alec Tweedie [i.e., Ethel Brilliana Tweedie], “The Legislature and a Vice-President”, in Porfirio Diaz, Seven Times President…. From the entry we
• The morality police—known as the Gasht-e Ershad or "Guidance Patrol"—were established under president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, to "spread the culture of modesty and hijab".2022 December 4, Mallika Soni, “Iran abolishes controversial morality police amid huge anti-hijab unrest: Report”, in Hindustan Times. From the entry morality police
• A yellow carnation signified disappointment or rejection, hibiscus meant consumed by love, elderflower symbolized zeal, lavender stood for love and violet indicated modesty or virtue.2016, Constance L. Kirker, Mary Newman, “Europe”, in Edible Flowers: A Global History (The Edible Series), London: Reaktion Books, →ISBN. From the entry floriography
• Its edging of lace, wrought by the loom of her dextrous fingers, adorned in modesty the superb contour of her neck and bust.1972, George Banghart Henry Swayze, Yarb and Cretine: or, Rising from bonds. From the entry lowcut
• She believed herself to be free of morbid modesty—she recalled suddenly that she had gone on her first bareskin swimming party at fifteen.1961, Robert A. Heinlein, chapter 8, in Stranger in a Strange Land, New York: Avon, →OCLC, page 67. From the entry bareskin
• Apparently modesty glasses haven’t yet made it to Los Angeles, and so women are taking long skirts, long-sleeved shirts, and high necklines to the next level of unfashionable.2013 July 25, Monica Osborne, “‘Frumpification’ of Orthodox Fashion”, in The Forward. From the entry modesty glasses
• It is a strange performance, the clash of callow self-certainty with a certain innate modesty, resolved in a (typically Zweigian) stance of passivity and helplessness and evasion (‘probably’).2010 January 28, Michael Hofmann, “Vermicular Dither”, in London Review of Books, volume 32, number 02, →ISSN. From the entry Zweigian
• For many of these cultures, clothing — or at least coverings for basic modesty such as loincloths and G-strings — is the main use of tapa.2005, Roger Neich, Mick Pendergrast, Pacific Tapa, University of Hawaii Press, unnumbered page. From the entry tapa
• In other words, it is women who still fall into the category of bridehood whose behavior should most closely model the ideals of modesty and restraint.1994, Jeanette Dickerson-Putnam, Judith K Brown, Women among women. From the entry bridehood
• In battle, the plaid was customarily shrugged off before the charge bit home, and the warrior came into contact with only his long, saffron shirt (‘leine chrochach’) to preserve modesty.2009, John Sadler, Glencoe, Amberley, published 2009, page 47. From the entry plaid

Meaning of modesty

1. noun The quality of being modest; having a limited and not overly high opinion of oneself and one's abilities.
2. noun Moderate behaviour; reserve.
3. noun Pudency, avoidance of sexual explicitness.

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Questions about modesty in a sentence

How do you use modesty in a sentence?

Modesty is used as a noun. For example: “In the cult of degenerates, acts of decency, kindness and modesty could be seen as acts of apostasy.”

What is a short sentence with modesty?

“His virginal modesty is a modern abulia.”

What does modesty mean?

Modesty means the quality of being modest; having a limited and not overly high opinion of oneself and one's abilities.