humbleness

Example Sentences

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Ding’s cheerful reign offers an answer to what “Jeopardy!” fans want from their champs: strict adherence to an unwritten code that starts with humbleness and deference to the game.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

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

He may have passed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in scoring but never in humbleness, class and team play.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2023

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

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