Sentence examples for of humble parentage from inspiring English sources

Galerius was born of humble parentage and had a distinguished military career.

Of humble parentage, Balue was first patronized by the bishop of Poitiers.

Gerbert was born of humble parentage near Aurillac in the ancient French province of Auvergne.

Urban was of humble origin.

Later Ramus' enemies would ridicule his humble parentage.

Born in 1913, of humble farm laborers.

Høegh-Guldberg was of humble background.

It kind of humbles you.

But there are plenty of humbler examples.

That was kind of humbling".

Some of us have upper-class backgrounds; others have "real" salt-of-the-earth parentage.