Sentence examples for from a humble from inspiring English sources

"I'm from a humble background.

"I'm a very low-maintenance guy from a humble background.

"I came from a humble background," he said.

The site has grown from a humble bookseller into the consumer phenomenon of our time.

ʿAbd al-Muʾmin came from a humble family: his father had been a potter.

I'm just an ordinary fella from a humble background," said Denness, from Rochester, Kent.

He came from a humble background or, as he put it, carried his working-class passport.

Arch came from a humble background and never outgrew his simple tastes.

Chávez was an Army lieutenant colonel, from a humble background his parents were village schoolteachers.

Carrasco was from a humble background, but she was clever and pushy.

She's a housewife from a humble background: it's not clear why this should preclude her being a gifted poet.