Words similar to humility

Example sentences for: humility

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

So when people ask whether I am Peter Maass, the writer, I should feel good, I should feel triumphant, I should feel like a master of the literary universe receiving the adulation he so rightly deserves, and I should reply in a voice of elegant humility, "Yes, I am."
Of the part that is mine to pass over in silence is perhaps the course both of humility and of humilité . That the number of my own works chosen should be trois is a matter for neither protestation nor ingratitude.
I am well aware of my deplorable lack of humility, generally considered a crucial component of any sincere apologia.
I would hope more compassionately and with greater understanding of the unique fabric of our times, and the humility to appreciate the giant steps made by those in the past, than such liberal mythologists as Diggins.
The tongue of experience is truest, confirms one with due humility: Ask a man of experience and not a physician.