Had not the Greeks of more moderate means and modest tastes eventually beaten back the advancing Persians?

Judging by the house in which he'd lived and the clothes he'd worn, he'd been a man of modest tastes.

In his private life, Lord Brookeborough was a man of the simplest and most modest tastes and habits.

He grew wealthy yet remained a man of modest tastes.

Laing also has very modest tastes in food.

She had modest tastes, and consistently chose the cheapest available, but these, she said, were the ones she wanted.

She also has clients with more modest tastes.

Though no longer young, she dressed with modest good taste.

Which is not to say that Gray has acquired more modest tastes: 'We have a couple of Warhols,' she says casually.

It no longer looked ostentatious, even for his modest tastes.