Sentence examples for humble compared from inspiring English sources

Analysts were pleased with the figures, but pointed out the 1.8% overall sales growth was fairly humble compared to rivals Danone and NestlŽ.

The class satire The Reluctant Debutante (1958) seemed humble compared with the lavish Gigi, but this English comedy of manners was a fairly expensive production.

General Idris, soft-spoken and humble compared with many military men, said he received hundreds of telephone calls daily, some angry, from commanders across Syria.

Yet the most grandiose niche in Paramus is humble compared with the granite extravaganza erected at Daytona Memorial Park to house the mortal remains of L. Gale Lemerand, a Florida philanthropist who founded a residential insulation company that he sold in 1995 for an estimated $150 million.

Shambhala too stays humble, compared to similar mainstream festivals it rests amongst nowadays.

I think atheists are pretty darn humble compared to the religious of the Abrahamic religions.

Theirs is a humble existence compared with the larger, more charismatic residents of the oceans like lobsters, fish, squids and whales.

A PhD student starting in London this October can expect to live on £10,500 a year (£12,500 in London), still a humble income compared to what can be earned in the workplace, but a sum that looks less like charity and more like economic investment.

He called the project a "humble experiment" compared to what would be needed for a real warp drive, but said it represents a promising first step.

Hufflepuff: - Kings of HERBology - LIVED next to the kitchen - Most of them are considered the laid back, relatively Humble types compared to other houses.

For most medieval Europeans, it was a humble brew compared with common southern drinks and cooking ingredients, such as wine, lemons and olive oil.