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humbling

[huhm-bling, uhm-] / ˈhʌm blɪŋ, ˈʌm- /


ADJECTIVE
humiliating
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Example Sentences

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The courage and resilience of the people I have met since, who have managed, despite terrible loss and adversity, to turn their shattered lives around, is both humbling and awe-inspiring.

From BBC

“It was a humbling experience for a lot of sophisticated financial investors to see such an irrational behavior driving markets so violently,” says Mudrick.

From Barron's

Their confidence was dented further in midweek by a 3-0 Champions League humbling by Liverpool at the Stade Velodrome which left their hopes of reaching the knockout phase on a knife-edge.

From Barron's

On a numbingly cold Tuesday evening in the Arctic Circle, Premier League giants City were "battered in Bodo" , suffering a humbling 3-1 Champions League defeat.

From BBC

“I don’t know,” he said, less than 24 hours after another humbling Chargers playoff loss.

From Los Angeles Times