Sentence examples for humble existence from inspiring English sources

His regret at having been unable to live a normal, humble existence is truly heart-breaking.

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

Indeed, I was told on good authority that most of the inhabitants use the ground floor only; some live permanently in the hallways, sleeping on flat mattresses under the stairs as if to uphold the memory of their past humble existence.

They were often exploited by the timber merchants, and eeked out a humble existence in isolated settlements, passing on homespun wisdom to the next generation far from the industrialisation sweeping the rest of the country.

Back in London, we see that the Ternans live quite a humble existence.

Now, it is time to enjoy your humble existence.

All this makes for a humble, peaceful existence by boxing standards, but it also fans an internal struggle between who Mosley wants to be and how he wants to be remembered.

But it's not too much to hope that the man who did appear there — and who has lived a willfully humble material existence until now, and took the name of the poor's patron saint — will change the church's emphasis.

Mr. President, the poet who is angry and sad, bereft of the image of his humble pajama-clad existence, striving to knock the windmills of ideology, is thankfully a beast neither you nor I have to tackle.

In the 1960s Harald and Mathias had hired a television on a one month trial, but returned it after deciding that it took up too much time". Høyland's black-and-white photos are quiet yet powerful, mirroring the humble yet fierce existence of these two inseparable siblings.

It's a startling fact that one third of everything we eat depends on the presence of the humble bee for its existence.