Example sentences for: humbly

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

  • This was the year when the indie ensemble aesthetic--actors humbly serving a specific function, rather than being their charismatic selves--really came into its own.

  • The media's buildup to the assembly focused on gender controversies--but the assembly focused more on racial reconciliation, the attendees behaved humbly, and the speakers forswore political plans or motives.

  • I humbly confess that when I first heard of a magazine that would be online only, I scoffed.

  • 2!" The style caught on: Perhaps the most memorable example of commercial diffidence was a 1961 ad for Fina gas stations, which humbly suggested, "If ...

  • We have humbly petitioned the poo-bahs at Netscape Corp. to include Slate in the Inbox Direct feature of their own new browser, Netscape Alligator 4.0 (we think it's called).


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