- present participle of humble.
humbling
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Hindman said it was "very humbling" to win, and wanted to create something in a British Asian setting that was a "chance to display my mosaic of what British Asianness can look like".
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
“I don’t have shame about the fact that it’s been hard. I have never met a more humbling experience,” she said with an outsize emphasis on “never.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
"Honestly, I've never known anything like it. You just do your job and don't think anything of it, but it's humbling," she said.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
Considered a title threat, Oregon was coming off a humbling loss to Oklahoma State, which won a single game last year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
“For the rest of your life you will regret not humbling yourself and following his counsel.”
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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