humility
Example Sentences
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Neither movie does anything particularly interesting with its characters, but what’s most frustrating is that the humility Lightning McQueen learns in the first film is essentially tossed out the window.
From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026
Economists shouldn’t despair, but call for humility and a better understanding of history.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
"Off the field, he carried himself with humility and integrity, embodying the very best values of our game."
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
In other words, investors need to be “long humility and short hubris,” Hartnett said.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026
Claudia had begun her research confident that a morning’s study would make her completely an expert; but Michelangelo had humbled her, and humility was not an emotion with which she felt comfortable; she was irritable.
From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg
Vocabulary lists containing humility
Tuesdays with Morrie
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The Old Man and the Sea
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Unit 3: Compelling Evidence
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