Sentence examples for humbly declined from inspiring English sources

Why When the crowd begged Kapoor to say a few words about Ai, his dear friend and collaborator, the Indian-born sculptor humbly declined.

Dall humbly declined to take credit for the school's success.

Returning in triumph after leading the imperial army to victory over the Goths, Titus humbly declines a public demand to become emperor, compounding the error by favoring the scheming Saturninus (a nicely snide Jacob Fishel) over his more worthy brother, Bassianus (a stolid Daoud Heidami).

Humbly decline the final shot and turn to page 161".

He'll take the drafty night train home: Bravely, humbly, he declines charity by assuring the swells that the hotel porter or a stationmaster will give him "some brown paper; a few thicknesses of brown paper across the chest are better than any fur coat".

Whereas Herzl had proudly declined to kiss an outstretched papal hand, Pope Francis humbly bowed and kissed the hands of six Holocaust survivors.

But we must also be humble -- humbly grateful.

LENOVO started humbly.

Still, they live humbly.

I say that humbly.

I'm humbly honoured".