His expeditions were modest affairs but he discovered a number of new species.

A visitor goes to the museum first, which is a modest affair.

It's a very modest affair, as befits the subject matter.

But on the broadcast network side of television, the parties are ever more modest affairs.

It had been a comparatively modest affair for this neighborhood.

I know what she meant, for the show is a modest affair.

The southern gate was a more modest affair for pedestrians.

In this event the civil ceremony is a modest affair and does not really take the form of a wedding at all.

The sexual act itself remains a relatively modest affair on network television.

The four-day show, which opened today, is no modest affair.