humbled

Example Sentences

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Prof Lorna Dawson, head of the Centre for Forensic Soil Science at the James Hutton Institute in Aberdeen, said she was "delighted and humbled" to be given a damehood.

From BBC

She told BBC News NI she was "absolutely delighted, very humbled".

From BBC

Mrs Brown said she was "honoured and humbled" to be made an OBE, adding she had finally "been heard by the system".

From BBC

I brag about how I know all its hidden corners, only to be humbled time and again.

From Los Angeles Times

England will be defined as losers in this country, their history entwined with all the other Ashes tourists to be humbled down under.

From BBC