humility

Example Sentences

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Brive president Thierry Blandinieres said Lawes arrived at the club "with humility and ambition" and has "shown the full extent of his talent since his first day".

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

"It's also a form of humility, because we naturally tend to see the pope as distant, as someone in a very important role," he said.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

“This is a disease that demands humility and patience, but for which I firmly believe there is great hope.”

From Slate • Mar. 29, 2026

Those who rely on “settled science” as immutable fact should exercise humility and acknowledge that what is settled today may be unsettled tomorrow.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Claudia had begun her research confident that a morning’s study would make her completely an expert; but Michelangelo had humbled her, and humility was not an emotion with which she felt comfortable; she was irritable.

From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg