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Example sentences for: modicum

How can you use “modicum” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

And censure would let Democrats distance themselves from the tawdriness of the President's misdeeds while still preserving the requisite modicum of party loyalty.
I found this humility, this forced gracelessness--when of course some modicum of suavity would have come so easily to him--breathtakingly charming.
With a modicum of planning, Mr. Stein's father could have seriously reduced or eliminated the amount of taxes that were payable by his estate.
But given the outrage such excesses generate, advocates would be better off cutting the rich loose and gaining a modicum of redistributive equity for their side of the argument.
"The Chanel Under the Chador" examines Iran's growing "Islamic feminist" movement: Women in the elite are battling quietly to secure a modicum of gender equity--the right to divorce, take maternity leave, win custody of children, play sports, etc.