Sentence examples for be humbling from inspiring English sources

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be humbling

verb

To bring low; to reduce the power, independence, or exaltation of; to lower; to abase; to humiliate.

Here, take this purse, thou whom the heaven's plagues have humbled to all strokes. -Shak.

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This can be humbling.

The New York Times

Accountability can be humbling.

The New York Times - Sports

The generosity displayed can occasionally be humbling.

Independent

Such moments can also be humbling.

The New York Times

Choosing books for picky friends can be humbling.

The New York Times - Books

On the other hand, they can be humbling.

The New York Times

Similar(45)

(Sam Houston would be humbled).

The New Yorker

And be humbled by them".

Los Angeles Times

This is humbling.

The New York Times - Magazine

They're humbling.

The New Yorker

"This game is humbling".

The New York Times - Sports

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