How to Use humble in a Sentence

humble

1 of 2 adjective

• She is too humble to let praise go to her head.
• He comes from a humble background.
• He is very humble about his achievements.
• She's not ashamed of her humble beginnings.
• Despite all his achievements, he has remained humble.
• Her humble suggestion is that we review the data more carefully.
• Please accept my humble apologies.
• So here’s something the will foot the bill: the humble fish sandwich.
  — Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 13 Feb. 2024
• Tonight is the night to give thanks and be humble and grateful.
  — Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic, 2 June 2022
• If that can keep you humble, don't be scared and jump in.
  — Mark Z. Barabak, latimes.com, 14 Apr. 2018
• That would be the humble brooch—although these aren’t the kind of brooches your granny used to wear.
  — Liam Hess, Vogue, 12 Mar. 2024
• Little things like that along the way to keep me humble.
  — Dom Amore, courant.com, 3 July 2018
• But that humble bag has become one of my go-to pieces of gear.
  — Bryan Rogala, Outside Online, 6 Nov. 2019
• My humble job in the prison kitchen helped prepare me for life on the outside.
  — Chandra Bozelko, WSJ, 4 Nov. 2022
• And just like that, the humble walk became a cool workout.
  — Ashley Mateo, SELF, 31 Oct. 2023
• My own thoughts have been along the line of weak, unassertive, super humble and timid.
  — Glenna Christensen, idahostatesman, 14 June 2018
• The half-dozen or so strangers who were quick to do that for us were also humble about it.
  — Dana Kelley, Arkansas Online, 2 July 2021
• One is a love of the underdog: his feat was humble yet brave.
  — The Economist, 6 Feb. 2021
• Leave it to the humble honey bee to proclaim that spring is just around the corner.
  — Cori Brown, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 27 Feb. 2022
• That's not mean to be a humble brag, but, rather, credentials of sorts.
  — Leah Melby Clinton, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 Nov. 2022
• In our humble opinion, Dairy Queen should stick to ice cream treats.
  — cleveland, 4 Oct. 2022
• Your guards kill / And those who die / Are humble people.
  — Lisa Abend, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2017
• Dad stays humble, and doesn’t talk much with his son about his playing days.
  — Matthew Vantryon, Indianapolis Star, 8 June 2018
• With a track record like theirs, staying humble is bound to be a challenge.
  — Rachel Desantis, Peoplemag, 23 June 2023
• Just a simple hello and thank you from a humble, sweet soul.
  — Ted Jackson, NOLA.com, 3 Feb. 2018
• In my humble opinion, there are a few levels to this lip balm thing.
  — Tiffany Dodson, SELF, 24 Mar. 2019
• Sources differ on the exact year but agree that this light was humble.
  — David Reamer | Alaska History, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Mar. 2023
• The humble commodity has caused the rise and fall of empires.
  — Wsj Books Staff, WSJ, 8 Dec. 2023
• Just to be able to break barriers, and just to be so humble while doing it.
  — Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 12 Aug. 2023
• Coach Paul Pitts-Dilley hopes his squad keeps the three H’s in mind: humble, hungry, and healthy.
  — Ethan Fuller, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Mar. 2023

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humble

2 of 2 verb

• Her success has humbled her critics.
• Last year's champion was humbled by an unknown newcomer.
• The crowd made James Brown feel holy; the organ humbled him.
  — Rj Smith, Smithsonian, 21 Mar. 2018
• The first thing on that list is for the Bearcats to humble themselves, Fickell said.
  — Keith Jenkins, The Enquirer, 7 Sep. 2022
• So there was a lot of learning and humbling on my part.
  — Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Mar. 2024
• The old guard tried to humble the young gun, Danson said.
  — Eric Webb, USA TODAY, 5 June 2023
• This season has been a humbling one for a pitcher who was once the Prince of the (Space) City.
  — Roy Bragg, San Antonio Express-News, 10 June 2018
• Getting humbled It was the end of the dynasty, the return to mediocrity.
  — Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 25 Aug. 2019
• But there is a strange change that is in the air, and sellers are starting to have to humble a bit.
  — Diana Olick, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2017
• To cross a slackline—or try to—is to humble yourself before the laws of physics.
  — Bronwen Dickey, Popular Mechanics, 14 Mar. 2018
• Carson is forced to retire and passes the torch to a humbled Thomas.
  — Tom Fitzgerald and Lorenzo Marquez, Town & Country, 12 Sep. 2018
• But there were humbling moment as well, notably in the bowl game, a 43-22 loss.
  — Creg Stephenson | [e-mail], al, 7 Aug. 2023
• A day after a walkoff grand slam by Pablo Reyes, the Sox were humbled by one of the worst teams in baseball.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Aug. 2023
• But what are the banes of this tiny arachnid that can humble the apex predator?
  — Paul Richards, Field & Stream, 9 Nov. 2023
• But Fleetwood knew that Shinnecock Hills had humbled many of the world’s best golfers.
  — New York Times, 17 June 2018
• The sacrifice these 2 have made to keep us all safe.. #humbled!
  — Jessica Leigh Mattern, Country Living, 1 Mar. 2018
• At every turn, the trio is humbled, dismissed and pushed aside.
  — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 19 Oct. 2023
• The two have already been humbled by the support they’ve been given.
  — Elliot Hughes, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 July 2018
• The event may have been humbling for O’Rourke, with a turnout of about 120 and a couple of dozen empty folding chairs.
  — latimes.com, 26 June 2019
• We are blessed and humbled to have been chosen to be Ava's parents.
  — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 22 Dec. 2023
• But I’m so honored and humbled that people seem to relate to me in some way.
  — De Elizabeth, Teen Vogue, 6 Sep. 2016
• To the countless others who have reached out, I am humbled and can only say thank you from the depths of my heart.
  — Aaron Wilson, Houston Chronicle, 3 Nov. 2017
• We always were humbled to be let into the homes of these people to film them.
  — Sophia Scorziello, Variety, 16 July 2023
• We are humbled by this growth and the phenomenal trust that our users have placed in us.
  — Prakhar Khanna, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
• There is no class divide on the trails, no wealth or poverty—just PUDs that humble us all.
  — Nicholas Kristof, National Geographic, 8 Sep. 2020
• Having spoken to the guys in the changing room, they've been humbled by today.
  — Charlie Hatch, Cincinnati.com, 10 Mar. 2018
• That, along with the support on social media for this video and song, has been humbling.
  — Rob Ledonne, Billboard, 4 Apr. 2018
• A soap-opera actress on tour is humbled by the outpouring of love from fans.
  — Carina Chocano, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2017
• Having such a 90's icon is something that Thomas is very humbled by.
  — Chuck Dauphin, Billboard, 26 Mar. 2018
• If life is designed to humble us in the face of time, there is joy in that humility.
  — Dave Shiflett, WSJ, 7 Sep. 2018

Last Updated: 9 May 2024