humble
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Baniamerian was from childhood "a kind and humble person", his relative said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
The humble air conditioner has changed the lives of people in the tropical regions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
“He was a top of the line up hitter with a humble attitude in the 3 years he played against him. Rest in Peace sweetheart and endless prayers for his family.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
Miyamoto has a similar humble but thankless task she’d want help with.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
Never look them in the eyes; always be respectful; remain humble; remember that they are good, fine people; don’t make folks angry; never run around by yourself; be careful, be careful, be careful.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
Gilgamesh’s lament is not the stylized keening of epic tradition—not Achilles’ highfalutin howls after Hector strikes down Patroclus—but something rawer, humbler, more recognizably human.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
Long before its buttery aroma seeped into the upholstery of American theaters, the snack lived a humbler life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026
Finding only disappointment, she returned home humbler but no less determined.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2024
The array of sanctuaries ranges from expansive necropolises bearing multitudes of soldiers from different nationalities to humbler graveyards and individual monuments.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 20, 2023
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
For 90 years, this brief aria has bridged musical worlds—reminding us that even the humblest lullaby can rise and soar.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
Simple, ignoble, under-appreciated green cabbage: It has got to be one of the most unpretentious and humblest in all of the Cruciferae family, if not among the entire vegetable kingdom.
From Salon ● Mar. 14, 2024
"To the millions who tuned in every Sunday evening to watch The Antiques Roadshow, Henry was like a favourite uncle, whose enthusiasm for even the humblest piece of chipped china was infectious," John Sandon said.
From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2023
Neither traditional sculpture nor painting, it conjured both, a monumental object made from the humblest materials.
From New York Times ● Sep. 11, 2023
Everyone was there, from Queen Warbeak and Log-a-Log to Cornflower and Silent Sam, down to the humblest mouse.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
Matthew 23: “Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2025
He has a flop with his film, “Big Top Pee-wee,” which humbles him.
From Salon ● Jan. 30, 2025
“The game’s so hard and it humbles you so much, we’re taught and kind of trained to keep your eye on what’s in the present,” Counsell said.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 27, 2023
Nice to see that the scale of the event humbles even the most royal of rock's royalty.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2023
The pattern of evolutionary causality is a web of astonishing complexity; the incompleteness of our understanding humbles us.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Asked about how the president feels to have the Florida airport named after him, Eric Trump said he was "honored" and "humbled."
From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026
Badenoch added her party "is working to earn the trust of the country again", and is "grateful and humbled" that residents of Aberdeen South voted for the Tories.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026
Both Washington and Moscow were humbled in foreign wars in the past.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
“I am humbled and grateful that Californians from every corner of our state have rallied behind this campaign,” Shaw said in a statement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026
Too many readers are intimidated and humbled by what they can’t understand, and in some cases that’s precisely the effect the writer is after.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
That is a humbling admission from a company long accustomed to running the table on its suppliers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
What a strange and humbling thing that the course of human history has been repeatedly upended by this singular pathogen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
"It's a huge honour and incredibly humbling to be named on the King's Birthday Honours list," Scarratt said.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
“Tone poem” is an overused term in cinema, but the humbling “Time and Water,” graced with a playful, atmospheric Dan Deacon score, earns that distinction.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
You are nothing, the darkness seemed to say, in its overbearing presence, in the humbling vastness of the night sky and the cold, innumerable stars.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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