humility
Example Sentences
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For behind the humility, résumé, folksy affect and demonstrable legislative mastery has always lurked a little engine of ambition that, like Lincoln’s, “knew no rest.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
The best example of that, to me, is the complete lack of humility in Chief Justice Roberts’ opinion in Trump v.
From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026
“Ridiculous” is C.K.’s way of letting the world know, with put-on humility, that when you brush aside his Teflon-coated fame and elder statesman standing, the 58-year-old star is really just old and exhausted.
From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2026
“Every aspect of this has to be closely examined, and done so from a position, frankly, of humility, realizing that it’s not a slam dunk,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
I pray to learn to curb my anger, but I do not ask for the humility to serve a new master.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
Vocabulary lists containing humility
Tuesdays with Morrie
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The Old Man and the Sea
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