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Sentence count:176+10Posted:2017-02-21Updated:2020-07-24
Synonym: homelymeekmodestplainsimpleunpretentiousAntonym: exaltmagnifynobleproudSimilar words: rumblestumblejumbledcrumblethumbthumbs upamblenimbleMeaning: ['hʌmbl]  v. 1. cause to be unpretentious 2. cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of. adj. 1. low or inferior in station or quality 2. marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful 3. used of unskilled work (especially domestic work) 4. of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense). 
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(121) From such apparently humble beginnings a competent operator can produce very professional documents indeed.
(122) It is a conversation between equals, even if you are applying for a relatively humble post.
(123) With Angel gone there was no need to humble herself and inquire if he had at last returned to work.
(124) This is because balding has helped women humble and silence our male critics.
(125) The list is bottomless, no doubt, but what about his humble origins?
(126) They soon recognized the humble status of these priests and so adopted the more revered robes of the literati.
(127) Five hours later Mr Humble was at the end of his tether.
(128) He went on to speak at length of how he, Fakhru,[sentencedict.com] had started out from just such humble beginnings.
(129) Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves. Henry Ward Beecher 
(130) In the second section, he cuts himself off from his humble family and is influenced greatly by class distinctions.
(131) He had no one to envy, for life had been good to him, especially considering his humble beginnings.
(132) I was hoping that our humble efforts would help bring S.B. back.
(133) For more than 300 years, since 1602, the building was used as an almshouse, but its beginnings were less humble.
(134) From humble beginnings it has come to provide 20m subscribers with a pipe to the internet.
(135) Even the humble sparkler can cause horrific injuries when combined with a highly flammable shell suit.
(136) As a prime minister he probably ranked with Ramsay MacDonald in humble origin and modest wealth.
(137) Not a lot of former 20-game winners would humble themselves that way.
(138) The porter was reprimanded and a humble apology was presented to his Lordship.
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(139) It was a bad defeat for an opponent who had already eaten humble pie after an outspoken attack on Wimbledon last year.
(140) In Ursula's humble opinion, the ice might start to thaw if you stop being a brutish, insensitive lout.
(141) A wise man is kind, humble, self-restrained, patient, empathetic, fair and just and is resistant to genitive temptations. Dr T.P.Chia 
(142) Carry your bag by yourself; carry your umbrella by yourself; open your door by yourself; light your own candle! Do your job by yourself! Don't use others! Don't behave like a king, don’t behave like a queen! Be humbleMehmet Murat ildan 
(143) From those humble beginnings, Oxfam has grown into Britain's largest aid agency with an income of nearly 70 million pounds.
(144) Displaced from power, he had to toil in a humble farmhouse outside Florence.
(145) Corning's high-quality, high-priced pots and pans are more vulnerable to recession than more humble vessels.
(146) Humble clerks who have gone a bust on clothes for marriageable daughters are outraged but too timid to protest.
(147) The school had originally provided a good education for children of humble backgrounds.
(148) In later years the humble feast grew into a mysterious worship, about which we know little.
(149) The man making the humble request was Paul Tsongas, who just hours before had won the New Hampshire presidential primary.
(150) For, to the romantic, the bird of paradise is much more exciting than the humble house sparrow.
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