humbling
Example Sentences
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An opening defeat by Brazil, a draw with Norway, a humbling by Morocco and another exit in the group stage.
From BBC
Gregory Alldritt will captain France against Fiji in the Autumn Nations Series this weekend having been dropped for the humbling defeat to South Africa, the French Rugby Federation announced on Thursday.
From Barron's
The Catch saved an otherwise humbling afternoon for the Hoosiers, now 10-0.
John Aberth’s “Bringing up Beaver” is a fascinating—and deeply humbling—account of the lengths to which the author and his wife, Laura Hamilton, went to to accommodate one, then two, young beavers.
As a father of eight from two marriages, he has long seen parenthood as the most humbling role of all.
From Los Angeles Times
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