"Of course not, my lord," Chase said, immediately yielding to the modest suggestion.
If the senators wish to retrieve their reputations, they would do well to adopt a few modest suggestions.
The United Nations has come up with a modest suggestion.
He has offered only modest suggestions for raising revenue, including an import fee on crude oil.
The measure, known as the Brady bill, is a modest suggestion brimming with common sense.
The same is true of a more modest suggestion put forward in 1820.
But American authorities balk even at such a modest suggestion.
Blustein has a few modest suggestions of his own.
The songs were sung in German, and there were modest but effective suggestions of stage action.
However, the real problem is that Lewis's modest suggestion hits the wrong target.