humbled

Example Sentences

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"Humbled and blessed to be here. Thank you to everyone that made this possible," he wrote on Instagram.

From BBC • Jul. 18, 2025

Humbled, he accepted help from InnerCity Struggle, which gave the family $500 gift cards for food.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2023

Humbled that they haven’t figured out what makes up more than two-thirds of the universe, cosmologists are now collectively holding their breath.

From Science Magazine • Jun. 21, 2023

Humbled champions: What we lose when athletes retire on top.

From New York Times • Oct. 23, 2022

Humbled, ashamed and bleeding, he brought me back and laid me exhausted on the bank, where I lay for many days without power to move or courage to look up.

From Memoirs of Mrs. Rebecca Steward by Steward, T. G. (Theophilus Gould)