How To Use Humbled In A Sentence
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And they are a rebuke to cultural pessimists in the West who often feel vindicated by the perfidies of the Muslim world but could stand, on occasion, to be humbled by examples of its courage.
The Face of Pakistan's Courage
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I thought I should have fainted; but a torrent of tears recalled the ebbing current of my heart, and I grew proud in fortitude, though humbled in self-love.
Memoirs of Mary Robinson
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This would be such a female as our already seriously humbled hero could not manhandle as mere booty.
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I stand here today humbled works on antithesis, a putting of terms into opposition with each other, whereby stand, apart from connoting the witness stand and stealing some of its sincerity, erects an uprightness to contrast with the lowness of humbled, from the Latin humus, meaning earth.
BREAKFAST WITH SOCRATES
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Yet this is not all: they are proud still, and therefore they do not seek unto God (Ps.x. 4), or, if they do cry unto him, therefore he does not give answer, for he hears only the desire of the humble (Ps.x. 17) and delivers those by his providence whom he has first by his grace prepared and made fit for deliverance, which we are not if, under humbling afflictions, our hearts remain unhumbled and our pride unmortified.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon)
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And they are humbled by the task of transforming so many ambitious individuals and obstreperous regions into a harmonious but innovative whole.
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I am also an un-pubbed writer and, yeah humbled is the word I am feeling right about now in regards to my writing.
Blogging with Erin Kellison
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Whatever be the parts or abilities of men, whatever diligence they may use in the investigation of the truth, whatever disciplinary knowledge they may attain thereby, the Spirit of God never did nor ever will instruct a proud, unhumbled soul in the right knowledge of the
Pneumatologia
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I've learned one thing in this game: If you play long enough, you will be humbled.
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After taking on this user interface project, I'm a lot more insightful about design issues and, well, rather humbled by the amount of design savvy I have yet to gain.
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--- but I humbled myself, and apologised to Redcowl; for, even in my younger days, I was no friend to the monomachia, or duel, and would rather walk with Sir Priest than with Sir Knight --- I care not who knows so much of my valour.
The Antiquary
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I was overwhelmed and humbled by the magnitude of what surrounded me.
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I am very proud and humbled to work with these guys.
The Sun
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Humbled by the magnificence of the falls, Lewis felt his written description impossibly inadequate.
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You feel very humbled and proud to be asked to come back.
Times, Sunday Times
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I am very proud and humbled to work with these guys.
The Sun
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I was so humbled by the beauty of the moment that I respectfully rode in Robin's tracks as we left the beach and began climbing the grassy hill.
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One can hope for greatness always, and yet remain humbled by the challenge of greatness.
Discerning the Hub : Kwame Dawes : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation
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Both were humbled by health difficulties and the consequences of their arrogance.
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All were humbled by the miracle child.
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Honda won fame in the 1980s as the little car company that humbled the industry giants.
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The fair profession that grows over an unhumbled heart "dureth for a while," but does not endure to the end.
The Parables of Our Lord
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The humbled Wolsey, weeping at Cromwell's loyalty, urges him to forsake him and serve the King faithfully.
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I feel humbled by it, and the reality is I'm just reflecting the way most New Yorkers in my position would act.
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He humbled Himself; He who possessed the fullness of the Godhead took the form of servant.
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I am so thrilled and honored and grateful and humbled and privileged and intoxicated by this wonderful opportunity to ask you a brief question on this celebrated historic occasion.
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The manner in which this request was made is evidence that the many matchlessly renowned great masters of the central and bordering regions of Tibet, who assert themselves as upholding all four schools of Buddha Dharma without discrimination, through the ripples of the white wave of expertise, conduct and kindness, all feel humbled and subdued before the one who wears the golden coloured crown and takes great responsibility (for the doctrine).
Concerning Dholgyal with Reference to the Views of Past Masters and other Related Matters
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Northumbers humbled themselues so vnto him, that putting awaie their forsaid king Hirke or Hericius, and offering great rewards and gifts to buy their peace, they obteined pardon.
Chronicles (1 of 6): The Historie of England (6 of 8) The Sixt Booke of the Historie of England
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Since birth, his position had always been exalted, and he knew nothing of being humbled by the suffering that all common people know.
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I am very proud and humbled to work with these guys.
The Sun
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They suffered a shock defeat to Puerto Rico in the opening game before being humbled by eventual winners Argentina in the semi-finals.
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You feel very humbled and proud to be asked to come back.
Times, Sunday Times
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Against their huge bulk, the pilgrims and mule toiling up the almost invisible pathways are tiny and humbled.
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‘I feel absolutely delighted but very humbled to have been included in this roster of eminence,’ she said.
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Baffled or humbled by the land, we are disinclined to be boastful.
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My wife humbled me again last night when I went off into this rant when she said that I am always complaining rather than actually doing anything.
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Tertullian says, he dares say that "the Scriptures were on purpose framed in many thing to give occasion to proud and curious unhumbled wits to stumble and fall.
The Sermons of John Owen
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I thought I should have fainted; but a torrent of tears recalled the ebbing current of my heart, and I grew proud in fortitude, though humbled in self-love.
Memoirs of Mary Robinson
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Charlotte was a precept: — to take pleasure in seeing her humbled was a natural consequence which had not been guarded against.
Isabella. A Novel
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Hence are the various courses of unhumbled sinners in the world, wherein the outrage and excess of some seems to justify others in their more sedate irregularities and less conspicuous provocations.
Pneumatologia
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But he began Thursday's press conference explaining that he was "honored" and "humbled" - and his demeanor depicted as much.
All Stories
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Nor will it ever be forgotten how he humbled the pride of them that withstood him, and gathered to himself the confidence of the people, and submitted himself to the promptings of his conscience, and enraged Egypt's haughty aristocrats with his proposals and demands in behalf of the oppressed, and in the face of Egypt's armies led out the enslaved from the house of bondage, and saw the hosts of Israel's oppressors overwhelmed under
The Assassinated President
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Killing American sailors on the USS Cole in the port of Aden was praiseworthy since no modern Muslim power had ever so humbled an American man-of-war.
The Slaughter That Muslims Could Not Ignore
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In the ‘mountain humbled’ towns of the Andes, he stumbles upon a scheme to import the sap of a bobohuariza tree and market it as an organic depilatory treatment.
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For herself she was humbled; but she was proud of him, proud that in a cause of compassion and honour he had been able to get the better of himself.
Chapter LII
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I'm further humbled to realise that I received my MA in 1964, and so it has taken me 38 years to complete my doctorate - a slow learner by any reckoning.
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I made a bad choice and I did 200 hours of community service and it humbled me greatly.
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Now in repentance this uncircumcised heart was humbled, that is, it was truly broken and contrite for sin.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume I (Genesis to Deuteronomy)
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It's clear that he is locked in his own world now, from his careful - and almost always roundabout - way of answering questions to the faint, humbled tone with which he speaks.
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Hasan took patience and humbled himself in supplication before
The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
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Major figures have been humbled and political down-and-outs reincarnated.
The Sun
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When Canada wins by one point, Joe is triumphant - Team USA humbled and shocked.
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The spirit that in regard to self is satisfied, before God unhumbled, and towards men unloving, has no part with Christ: this is the proud whom God knoweth afar off, not the meek whom he delights to honour.
The Parables of Our Lord
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Against their huge bulk, the pilgrims and mule toiling up the almost invisible pathways are tiny and humbled.
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Walk around the street while imagining the person you desire to be humbled.
Times, Sunday Times
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This would be such a female as our already seriously humbled hero could not manhandle as mere booty.
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You feel very humbled and proud to be asked to come back.
Times, Sunday Times
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They are the unassuming husband and wife team who humbled the taxman in an epic court battle.
Times, Sunday Times
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It is to be remembered, however, that the Church so restored was a disendowed and humbled Church, from which the State might be thought to have little to fear.
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The religious charity said today it was ‘humbled’ by the generosity of one of the biggest bequests ever made.
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And he repeated to the King the tale of how he would have followed the Religious, but he forbade him, whereupon the folk broke out into a tumult of weeping and lamentation and humbled themselves before Him who is ever near, Him who ever answereth prayer, supplicating that He would cause the false Devotee who denied
The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
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I am very proud and humbled to work with these guys.
The Sun
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Walk around the street while imagining the person you desire to be humbled.
Times, Sunday Times
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Then, a senior congregant said God blesses him although he has not humbled himself enough before God.
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I once narrowly escaped such an affray — but I humbled myself, and apologised to Redcowl; for, even in my younger days, I was no friend to the monomachia, or duel, and would rather walk with Sir Priest than with Sir Knight — I care not who knows so much of my valour.
The Antiquary
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God's end in afflicting them; their consciences were not awakened, nor their hearts softened and humbled, nor were they driven to seek unto
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)
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I was immeasurably moved and humbled.
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The yuppie apostles of the ‘new economy’ will also be humbled by a plunging stock market.
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You feel very humbled and proud to be asked to come back.
Times, Sunday Times
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They were aghast to see their dirt champion humbled so comprehensively on a surface alien to him.
Times, Sunday Times
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In Italy in 1990 Scotland were humbled by Costa Rica in the dreaded group phase of the World Cup.
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His body language and choice of words—he used the word "abyss" four times—betrayed a man humbled by a difficult struggle.
Army Rallies Behind Chávez
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If this is humbled, what the hell would 'emboldened' look like?
Tom Gilroy: Victory! 18 More Months of Death!
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I am very proud and humbled to work with these guys.
The Sun
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What pains do we take to humble them, while we ourselves are unhumbled!
The Reformed Pastor
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In particular their kicking was superb as they humbled the Saints in a one-sided contest which saw the equal highest winning margin in the competition's history.
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The 36-year-old may well end up not being in charge for that game, given the lacklustre performance served up by his players as they were humbled.
Times, Sunday Times
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There is a palpable sense of the ghosts of ancient wars looking down grimly on a humbled leviathan.
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The world champion was humbled last night in three rounds.
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This semester, I am both humbled and proud to join the ranks of published columnists who choose to express their opinions for the consumption of the masses.
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The pounding starts at dawn, when the men with the calloused hands crawl by the hundreds, antlike, over and into the ruins of this broken city, from the toppled old market-houses on the Grand Rue to the humbled schoolhouses of the central city, from the shattered shacks along the waterfront to the crumpled mansions up the hill.
In Haiti's shattered capital, metal scavengers take to the streets
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I replied, in my desire of forgiveness, Verily, if thou wilt pardon me, God will pardon thee in recompense for thy shewing mercy to a Muslim who hath done thee no injury: and I humbled myself in the most abject manner, and said to him, Pardon me as the envied man did the envier.
Nights 9-18. The Story of the Second Royal Mendicant.
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They both look very _abattus_, and the poor Queen cried much in thinking of what she had gone through -- and what dangers the King had incurred; in short, humbled poor people they looked.
The Letters of Queen Victoria, Vol 2 (of 3), 1844-1853 A Selection from her Majesty's correspondence between the years 1837 and 1861
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If we should now prove stout-hearted and unhumbled, how sad a symptom would it be to ourselves, and to the Church!
The Reformed Pastor
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“Cleaning up vomit on the floor and assisting guests to delouse in the showers further humbled me.”
God’s Guest List
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Yet Tennessee was humbled, the Ravens crowned, and the outcome was clearly divine intervention.
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And the son has seen and known all this — he is a ruined man, and his fear has taught him to knock ambition and passion headforemost from his bosom's throne; humbled by poverty he takes to money-making, and by mean and miserly savings and hard work gets
The Republic by Plato ; translated by Benjamin Jowett
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Walk around the street while imagining the person you desire to be humbled.
Times, Sunday Times
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The mighty U.S. army was humbled by a small South East Asian country.
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The opponents need a moment to be made to shiver and to feel humbled at the thought of what lies ahead.
Times, Sunday Times
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Sometimes journalists are humbled by the happenings on sporting fields.
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They were also humbled by the generosity shown by the relatives of the victims they met.
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You can't help but be humbled when you enter this cathedral.
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How was she going to get out of this with her dignity intact, her pride unhumbled?
Antony and Cleopatra
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For more than a decade now, the climate change deniers have been in retreat, humbled by the thumping weight of scientific evidence against them.
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My body had sailed smoothly through the birth, but I was humbled when it reacted afterward with a high temperature and the shakes.
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President Barack Obama admitted he had been "humbled" today by the worst Democratic midterm election defeat in 70 years, and promised to work alongside the revitalised Republican party in Congress.
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Mort Dieu! how often did he complain of slight and insult from Elizabeth and her minions, of open affront from Edward, of parsimony to his wants as prince, -- of a life, in short, humbled and made bitter by all the indignity and the gall which scornful power can inflict on dependent pride.
The Last of the Barons — Complete
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You feel very humbled and proud to be asked to come back.
Times, Sunday Times
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You feel very humbled and proud to be asked to come back.
Times, Sunday Times
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Kings of cricket once, they were now being humbled by sides, that would have been simply swept aside in the past.
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Nat, I know, was humbled when he was told the lengths to which his old adversary had gone to honour his name.
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The rogue manager, shockingly, defended his actions, suggesting that the servers were "prima donnas" who needed to be humbled, which is to say humiliated, to make them more pliant employees.
Forbes.com: News
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All those dreary councillors and their officious bureaucrats deserve to be humbled.
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I am very proud and humbled to work with these guys.
The Sun
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In an hour, the students go from confident blusterers to humbled novices.
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Medea turns impatiently to the king's daughters, who hover in a trance, drugged by the witch's herbs and humbled by her otherworldly powers. "Why do you hesitate and do nothing?
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He added that the film was destined to become an unanimated classic, high praise which visibly humbled the director.
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The undoubted shock of the tournament however was the defeat of reigning champions Cullane who were humbled by Cloontigh in the quarter-final.
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The masters of the investment banking universe have been so humbled by the credit crunch that soon they may be offering loans to the great unwashed.
Times, Sunday Times
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Holy God of heaven and earth, we are humbled by your divine majesty, and cast about for the best words to honor you.
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Yet I was awed, and even humbled in a way, to confront such an enemy.
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To see that magnificent athlete humbled by degenerative disease was very moving.
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You also realize that you used to hear the term CD and think compact disc rather than Creative Director and you almost miss those days where you felt invincible until life humbled you with the death of someone you thought would live forever.
Why Advertising Sucks
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I am humbled further by the family's disarming kindness.
A Roomful of Birds - Scottish short stories 1990
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I am very proud and humbled to work with these guys.
The Sun
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Elizabeth and her minions, of open affront from Edward, of parsimony to his wants as prince, -- of a life, in short, humbled and made bitter by all the indignity and the gall which scornful power can inflict on dependent pride.
The Last of the Barons — Volume 09
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Some of us thought you might be humbled, maybe even a little ashamed.
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You feel very humbled and proud to be asked to come back.
Times, Sunday Times
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And once more I am profoundly touched and humbled by the evidence of the human spirit writ large.
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You feel very humbled and proud to be asked to come back.
Times, Sunday Times
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You feel very humbled and proud to be asked to come back.
Times, Sunday Times
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The leaders of the Second Division were humbled to a 94 run defeat at home to Pendle Forest.
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the president was not humbled by his narrow margin of victory
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I was very humbled that this man could make such a profound statement.
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The opponents need a moment to be made to shiver and to feel humbled at the thought of what lies ahead.
Times, Sunday Times
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I am very humbled and grateful for the fact that for an eighth time they have reposed their confidence in me, and I will do all I can to repay that as their representative over the next 3 years.
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Transformers was good … maybe it was not as some people expected … but still a good movie … shero on May 29, 2008 meh, to say he (Ratner) ruined the X-men franchise is excessive, in my humbled opinion those movies were ruined from the start and Bryan Singer is overrated.
Brett Ratner Directing Beverly Hills Cop IV With Eddie Murphy « FirstShowing.net
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Mediator, as God-man, all power was given him; partly in recompence of his work (because he humbled himself, therefore God thus exalted him), and partly in pursuance of his design; he had this power given him over all flesh, that he might give eternal life to as many as were given him
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John)
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Border's redoubtable team had all but been humbled.
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ballot rather than backing Mr Dandala. < / p> It said it has a tradition of not opposing the majority party's candidate in a presidential vote as the people have just expressed their will, but the move casts doubt over the prospect of opposition parties co-operating against the ANC. < / p> "I accordingly declare that Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma is duly elected president of the Republic of South Africa," announced the chief justice, Pius Langa, sending ANC MPs in the chamber into cheers of "Zuma" and songs of triumph. < / p> Mr Zuma sought to strike a presidential tone, saying he was "truly humbled by the opportunity to serve", and would walk in the footsteps of Nelson Mandela. < / p> "We made history in 1994 when together we discarded our tragic past and opted for a future of harmony, peace and stability," he said.
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The Americans, humbled by Puerto Rico on Sunday, showed more fight against the hosts in front of a hostile crowd.
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In the following number of 'Proserpina' I have been tempted to follow, with more minute notice than usual, the 'conditions of adversity' which, as they fret the thistle tribe into jagged malice, have humbled the beauty of the great domestic group of the Vestals into confused likenesses of the
Proserpina, Volume 2 Studies Of Wayside Flowers
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I answered all who wrote to me and felt deeply humbled by their stories.
