humbleness

Example Sentences

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Where basic training stories like this usually involve a cocky or spoiled character learning a lesson about humbleness and teamwork, Cam is coming from a place of insecurity and fear.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2025

The fact that she doesn't have biological children might not have been weaponized as a rebuke of her "humbleness."

From Salon • Nov. 6, 2024

“She had tears in her eyes and those were tears of joy and humbleness and I just wanted to hug her.”

From Washington Times • Jan. 15, 2023

The three-time world champion said it offered "discipline, respect and problem-solving abilities as well as humbleness".

From BBC • Sep. 25, 2022

Making all that show of humbleness and scorning him all the time!

From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston