modesty

How To Use modesty In A Sentence

• Public Prosecutor told the court that the offences of threatening and insulting a woman's modesty are bailable, so there is no need to grant anticipatory bail.
• (Applause) Without boasting, without any kind of immodesty, that is how we Cuban revolutionaries understand our internationalist duty. TRICONTINENTAL CONFERENCE
• The best makeup is Smile. The best jewelry is Modesty. The best clothing is Confidence.
• ‘Welcome,’ the empress said to them, her voice holding false modesty.
• The veil symbolizes the idea of modesty and conveys the lesson that however attractive physical appearances may be, the soul and character are paramount.
• It is not false modesty; he just does not know how good he is sometimes.
• I only know that it is the best which I can find, to express one excellence which we see in our Lord, which is like what we call modesty in common human beings. Town and Country Sermons
• It had criss-cross straps about half way down the front, but underneath was deep purple material, put there to keep her modesty.
• One of the executioners then pulled off a kind of furred tippet which covered her bosom; her modesty taking the alarm, made her start back a few steps; she turned pale, and burst into tears. The Pacha of Many Tales
• They lose a 'sense o' modesty an 'decency, after a while, an' are no 'like women at a' when they grow aulder. The Underworld The Story of Robert Sinclair, Miner