Sentence examples for to humble from inspiring English sources

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to humble

verb

To bring low; to reduce the power, independence, or exaltation of; to lower; to abase; to humiliate.

Here, take this purse, thou whom the heaven's plagues have humbled to all strokes. -Shak.

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The course was chosen to humble you.

The New Yorker

"I had to humble myself".

The New York Times

Better to humble them with transcendence, as this "Tristan" does.

The New Yorker

"To humble yourselves willingly is better for you.

Independent

Providence delights to humble man and prostrate his strength".

The New York Times

From bad guy to humble pie to winner.

The Guardian - Tech

Elliott's desire to humble the City is madness.

The Guardian - Opinion

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The New Yorker

They are the souvenirs of war, the thoughts that continue to humble me.

The New York Times

Orban would have to humble himself, accepting conditions he has vowed to reject.

The New York Times

He also saw Congress relishing the chance to humble the imperial presidency.

The Economist

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