Example sentences for: humble

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

  • Designed by George Meikle Kemp, an unknown draftsman of humble birth, the monument took its inspiration from the design of Melrose Abbey.

  • Liar's Poker is largely credited with transforming the investment-banking profession from the collection of arrogant greedheads it was in the 1980s to the humble and public-spirited group it is today.

  • Nzame then made a new, more humble man.

  • As all Europe heaved a sigh of relief over the Kosovo peace deal, a feast of humble pie was consumed in Fleet Street Friday as British newspapers grudgingly admitted that air power alone seems to have done the trick.

  • In contrast, Al Gore's contributions come more often from humble folks like my own family.


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