Sentence examples for humble reply from inspiring English sources

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When Galileo's old pupil exclaims angrily "Unhappy the land that has no heroes", he gets the humble reply "No.

When pressed again by a reporter for a yes or no answer, Schmidt gave the following humble reply, " I don't think it's my job to call the market.

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"I haven't, but we had a heavy lunch, so we're looking for something a bit more... humble?" this guy replied.

When asked how that makes him feel, his reply is humble stating "it's just so cool that what I am putting out into the world makes people happy".

That humble ad produced few replies.

But the next day Frederick was not pleased and complained to the qadi, "O qadi, why did the muezzins not give the call to prayer in the normal way last night?" Shams ad-Din replied, "This humble slave prevented them, out of regard and respect for Your Majesty".

But such an observation would be erroneous, because the humble 19-year-old's reply betrays no egotistical superiority, merely the self-assurance of someone playing without fear.

I learned that he'd worked on a farm, played in a band with the scouts and had always enjoyed a hearty breakfast, but all his replies were poignantly humble.

No ma'am, the epistemologist quietly replies, in our humble opinion you should reassess the scope of your department, making it a "Biotechnologies and Society Center": this way, if you allow us, the narrow focus on the botched "GMO" pseudo-category would be widened to a real societal big issue….

Anyway, she was very modest and humble about that assertion and replied back "it's just great to be able to go there as often as I've had and be able to have had so many great roles".

When I asked him what aspect of filmmaking -- producing, directing, acting or writing -- excites him the most, his reply was diplomatic and humble.

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