Sentence examples for humble thing from inspiring English sources

It's really a humble thing to do.

For all that, a stream gauge is a humble thing.

"It is not in his nature to do the humble thing and go quietly.

"That would have been maybe a more genteel and humble thing to do.

I think it's a really nice humble thing to do, even if you don't believe in God.

"It was one of these domestic objects that was a humble thing but is part of an old tradition.

They are generally humble things, casually assembled and presented.

I like best her more humble poems that celebrate humble things.

The food pieces in this issue, like their subjects--beans, bread, grain, meat, water--are humble things.

Many of these humble things are "tchotchkes" or memory objects invested with their own deeply personal meanings.

"We Belgians are attracted to humble things and are aware of the futility of life," he added, referring to the ironing boards and shovels.