humble
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My husband enjoyed humble pleasures, and he had two favorite fast-casual restaurants where the food was good.
From MarketWatch β Sep. 11, 2026
Things that are hearty and comforting, endlessly accommodating and somehow greater than the sum of their decidedly humble parts.
From Salon β Sep. 6, 2026
“He was a simple person, very humble and down to earth. He used to travel with just a backpack, some shirts and jeans and his laptop.”
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 1, 2026
According to Nozell, the singer — who rose from humble beginnings in Tennessee’s Great Smoky Mountains into an internationally beloved rhinestones-studded star, evocative storyteller and thoughtful philanthropist — would not have wanted a traditional memorial.
From Los Angeles Times β Aug. 31, 2026
“And how does that help our humble cause?”
From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein
For investors still betting on the next Keytruda, it means a humbler arithmetic.
From The Wall Street Journal β Jun. 6, 2026
“Then our dreams became humbler, to liberate our own lands. Now it’s even less. We don’t want to liberate anything. We just want to stay home and not leave our homes,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times β Apr. 7, 2026
Charles had petitioned Andrew to move into humbler accommodation and had even stopped paying for his private security to force his brother’s hand.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 30, 2025
They also produce large works of public art, grand human figures being soldered together next to humbler vinyl signs of the city’s workaday sandwich shops.
From Seattle Times β Jan. 8, 2024
It aroused no comment that thirty men of humbler rank—master workmen like Paul Revere the silversmith, Thomas Crafts the painter, or Chase the distiller—met at the Green Dragon.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
The judge’s opinion contains this little gem: “The life of a corporation is indeed less than that of the humblest citizen…”
From Salon β Aug. 19, 2026
Dishwashers occupy one of the humblest rungs, but they are among the most badly needed.
From The Wall Street Journal β Apr. 12, 2026
Throckmorton’s shuttering occurred in the era before the internet conferred immortality to even the humblest of establishments.
From Los Angeles Times β Mar. 27, 2024
Will, the humblest member of our group of five heroes, learned last episode that he is dying of Stage 4 pancreatic cancer.
From New York Times β Mar. 22, 2024
And every animal down to the humblest worked at turning the hay and gathering it.
From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell
He has a flop with his film, “Big Top Pee-wee,” which humbles him.
From Salon β Jan. 30, 2025
“Everything right now feels so overwhelming. All the support humbles us, but where do we begin?”
From Los Angeles Times β Jan. 17, 2025
“Hard for me to accept that a once world-class athlete just stumbled. But age is the great equalizer and humbles us all.”
From Washington Times β Dec. 18, 2023
“I’m lucky, and that’s something that’s not lost on me … I also recognize that this moment will pass, right? And that’s something that humbles me.”
From Seattle Times β Mar. 31, 2023
There are portraits of me and Barack now hanging in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, a fact that humbles us both.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
I am humbled that you’d ask me for a third opinion.
From MarketWatch β Aug. 14, 2026
This year, the once-dominant Serena Williams was similarly humbled after four years away, losing in the first round at Wimbledon.
From The Wall Street Journal β Aug. 3, 2026
"We are all stunned and elated by this discovery, yet also humbled β to remember what happened in that place so long ago," said Russ Matthews, president of the Air/Sea Heritage Foundation.
From BBC β Jul. 22, 2026
"I sincerely regret any action, omission, misunderstanding or misinterpretation that may have resulted in a non-compliance with the order," a humbled Duale told the court.
From Barron's β Jun. 24, 2026
In the meantime, his son let him commit his follies, let him strive, let him be humbled by his moods.
From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse
“This is a humbling day for us,” said McVay, who knows what’s coming.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 11, 2026
For me, parenting is a humbling experience daily and I felt it was something about this that tapped into a vulnerability and a rawness.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 9, 2026
Clarke - who didn't comment after his furious post-match media conference following defeat by Hungary in Stuttgart two summers ago - went one step further by resigning three days after the humbling by Brazil.
From BBC β Jun. 29, 2026
"It's a huge honour and incredibly humbling to be named on the King's Birthday Honours list," Scarratt said.
From BBC β Jun. 12, 2026
It is one of the most humbling aspects of being human.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
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