MODICUM in a Sentence

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For MODICUM, below is one of 6 sentences:
There is necessarily required a certain modicum of antiquity in a race, and the wrinkle of the centuries cannot be improvised.

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 Meanings and Examples of MODICUM
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
modicum
 n.  limited quantity; small or moderate amount; any small thing
Classic Sentence:
1  They communicated to each other that modicum of light which they possessed.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER III—REQUIESCANT
2  There is necessarily required a certain modicum of antiquity in a race, and the wrinkle of the centuries cannot be improvised.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER II—BADLY SEWED
3  I kept another small loaf, and a modicum of cheese, on a particular shelf of a particular cupboard, to make my supper on when I came back at night.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 11. I BEGIN LIFE ON MY OWN ACCOUNT, AND DON'T LIK...
Example Sentence:
1  Seeing as Mr Moreton is a doctor, I would assume he has a modicum of intelligence.
2  There's not even a modicum of truth in her statement.
3  Although his story is based on a modicum of truth, most of the events he describes are fictitious.