Sentence examples for humble which is from inspiring English sources

"I'm humble, which is limiting in the West," he said.

Well, there is little I like better than seeing Osborne doing "humble", which is hardly his forte.

It has kept him humble, which is not easy if you've earned $73m in prize money over 14 years, alongside endorsements and other deals that placed him 22nd on the Forbes Magazine list of the world's best paid athletes in the year ending this month.

"And they are very humble, which is important, and says a lot about the guys who have brought them through.

That should leave us humbler, which is one thing that Aronson's history of race shows us is always necessary.

Yes, the unpredictable reversal and its power," a character rants in The Humbling (which was reviewed, a bit unfairly, as an exhibition of Harold Brodkey-like sexual grandiloquence).

The sale was the culmination of decades of astonishing growth for the humble medallion, which is nailed to the hood of every yellow cab in the city.

She pointed out that the humble panty — which is priced far lower than its swimsuit-bottom counterpart — doesn't have to stand up to such rigorous wear and tear (and look presentable at the pool club snack bar).

For centuries, the humble fish, which is often salted and dried, has been the star of the seafaring nation's national diet, with supporting roles played by squid, octopus and other creatures pulled from nets and hooks.

But in truth, this may not be such a bad thing: James is always alert, thoughtful and self-aware about his management style – in fact, he's a very humble guy, which is why he's so well respected.

"What is it like to be that man — the simultaneous public and private life, the grand history and the small history intertwined?" The Mitchell of the book is a preternaturally humble man, which is precisely how he came across when I spoke with him briefly on the phone about the experience of seeing himself rendered in fiction.