humbleness

Example Sentences

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“I think it’s good to have a sense of humbleness and be intimidated by such a high level in a new environment,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2025

Showing a humbleness which motivates others was illustrated off court when, in 2018, he led from the front to help his home island of Mallorca recover from devastating flash flooding.

From BBC • Nov. 20, 2024

The fact that she doesn't have biological children might not have been weaponized as a rebuke of her "humbleness."

From Salon • Nov. 6, 2024

Multiple times this season Capel has attributed his team’s success to a lack of ego, a humbleness that came from being spending years being humbled elsewhere.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 17, 2023

Making all that show of humbleness and scorning him all the time!

From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston