modesty

Modesty helps one to go forward.

the modesty of his political aspirations.

Scantiness of modesty is short of knowledge.

Modesty precludes me from accepting the honor.

Modesty prohibits me from saying what happened.

Industry and modesty are the chief factors of his success.

She accepted their congratulations with becoming modesty.

Don’t be such a prude you can carry modesty too far!

with typical modesty he insisted on sharing the credit with others.

modesty forbade her to undress in front of so many people.

Mildness, faith, modesty, continency, chastity. Against such there is no law.

Her modesty is all put on; at heart she is very vain.

Modesty forbade me from mentioning that my novel had been published.

his try-scoring ability and self-effacing modesty have set him apart.

"Modesty helps one to go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind."

The girl flushed from modesty when the man praised her appearance.

As conceit makes one lag behind,so modesty helps one make progress.

The modesty of the demand shook me.

But he respected her modesty and did nothing more.

A modest person will drop the modesty in a minute.

They pretended to great delicacy, modesty and innocence.

Out went gold ormolu, in came modesty, the cult of nature.

" Me? " He was mimicking my modesty.

Notions of modesty restricted women in the Victorian era, but they still swam.

As always, modesty dictates a strict entrance policy.

In his autobiography, Darwin himself speaks of his intellectual powers with extraordinary modesty.

" I've lectured in America so much, " said Roy, with modesty.