humble

Both men see Luna as a role model for making so much of his humble beginnings, and also because of what he’s done in office.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

Legendary actor Sir Patrick Stewart rose from humble beginnings in his native Yorkshire to become a global superstar whose work became immortalised portraying characters on some of the most popular sci-fi franchises in history.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

If you’re booking on a budget, you’ll need to consider more humble accommodations..

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026

A menorah and a humble church flash on the screen.

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026

Of course not; have faith in your humble Order of the Clean Hand.

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin

Gilgamesh’s lament is not the stylized keening of epic tradition—not Achilles’ highfalutin howls after Hector strikes down Patroclus—but something rawer, humbler, more recognizably human.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

“Then our dreams became humbler, to liberate our own lands. Now it’s even less. We don’t want to liberate anything. We just want to stay home and not leave our homes,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2026

Long before its buttery aroma seeped into the upholstery of American theaters, the snack lived a humbler life.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026

Salaam projected a much humbler tone than he did when Trump was first indicted in April.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 17, 2023

It aroused no comment that thirty men of humbler rank—master workmen like Paul Revere the silversmith, Thomas Crafts the painter, or Chase the distiller—met at the Green Dragon.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes

Lamarck disputed this, arguing “that life at its essence is creative agency, that living beings, especially the smallest and humblest of them, continually remake the world,” as well as themselves.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026

The book follows that sentiment, with produce-focused, elevated dishes that are simple to prepare but bodacious in flavor and color, all made with with the humblest of ingredients.

From Salon ● May 2, 2024

Throckmorton’s shuttering occurred in the era before the internet conferred immortality to even the humblest of establishments.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2024

Hansons Auctioneers, in Banbury, Oxfordshire, said it was an "astonishing" price for "the humblest Christmas tree in the world".

From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2023

In the silences between jokes about Leper’s glories we wondered whether we ourselves would measure up to the humblest minimum standard of the army.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles

In response, she said she was "very flattered", adding: "Those early days were quite something, and to know that moment meant something to you all these years on truly humbles me."

From BBC ● Dec. 17, 2025

He has a flop with his film, “Big Top Pee-wee,” which humbles him.

From Salon ● Jan. 30, 2025

“The game’s so hard and it humbles you so much, we’re taught and kind of trained to keep your eye on what’s in the present,” Counsell said.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 27, 2023

“I’m lucky, and that’s something that’s not lost on me … I also recognize that this moment will pass, right? And that’s something that humbles me.”

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 31, 2023

The pattern of evolutionary causality is a web of astonishing complexity; the incompleteness of our understanding humbles us.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

“We’ll get humbled if we’re not ready to go.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

"Trophies and tears for nation's everyday heroes" it writes, as "Stars humbled by tales of courage and sacrifice", including young fundraiser of the year Kirsty Waugh and Dr Eli Prior "who helped train crash victims".

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

Even for those who are highly skilled at making predictions, the surest bet is that you’ll be humbled eventually.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

But after receiving several hundred reader responses, I have been very deeply humbled.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

The Preacher said, “I’m the one who’s humbled, sir. I’ve been to many such carnivals and have never seen anything that matches this one. You must be very proud.”

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis

If a sequel were set in 2026, Miles might not be so dogmatic: Merlot, after its celluloid humbling, has bounced back.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

Olid explained that her side had navigated a "transitional period" and had taken part in big discussions following their five-goal home humbling by Chelsea.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

Hindman said it was "very humbling" to win, and wanted to create something in a British Asian setting that was a "chance to display my mosaic of what British Asianness can look like".

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

It was humbling to see how the AI got my friend to open up in a way that I hadn’t, and I recognized that its questions were much more helpful than my answers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

He’d also sold his idea for a nonfiction book about race and identity to a New York publisher, which for someone who worshipped books as he did felt like an enormous and humbling boon.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama