Sentence examples for gesture of humility from inspiring English sources

He bowed in an unexpected gesture of humility.

But kneeling during the national anthem is a gesture of humility, not ominous ire.

The pontiff travelled to Casal del Marmo prison for the Holy Thursday Mass commemorating Jesus's gesture of humility towards his apostles the night before he was crucified.

The 78-year-old lay flat on the floor, with the help of a plump pillow, to pray as a gesture of humility in front of 10,000 church guests.

They washed and dried the feet of eight abuse victims — just as the Catholic clergy do at Mass on Holy Thursday to recall how Jesus washed his disciples' feet, a gesture of humility and service.

In 1987, Joseph Brodsky, the singular Russian poet of his generation, delivered a lecture in Vienna entitled "The Condition We Call 'Exile.' " He began with a gesture of humility.

First came his grand gestures of humility — carrying his own suitcase, making calls on his cellphone, staying in a hostel.

The 77-year-old Argentina-born pontiff, whose brief tenure to date has been marked by gestures of humility and identification with the poor, has said he believed that riding in a fortified vehicle would isolate him from the public.

The Argentina-born pontiff, whose tenure to date has been marked by gestures of humility, has said he feels that riding in a fortified vehicle would isolate him from the people.

A third mistake was to sell off the Sequoia, the Presidential yacht another gesture of populist humility, yielding in another day or two of positive press.

Before blessing the thousands crowding the square, and the billions watching around the world, Francis bowed and in majestic silence received the people's benediction, a gesture of authentic humility and friendship, and a reminder to all that it is often good first to listen to God and others before acting and pronouncing.