umbles

[ uhm-buhlz ]

plural noun

Origin of umbles

1
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50

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How to use umbles in a sentence

  • I was glad to exchange my camp in town—lap of love as well as luxury though it was—for a home of my own, however 'umble.

  • We live in a 'umble abode, Master Copperfield, but have much to be thankful for.

    The World's Greatest Books, Vol III | Arthur Mee and J.A. Hammerton, Eds.
  • I fear shes in the gall of bitterness, Mr. Vincent; she didnt take my umble advice, sir, not as a Christian ought.

    Salem Chapel, v.1/2 | Mrs. Oliphant
  • I rather enjoyed it, and felt important with Roberts, Low, and Scribner all clamoring for my "'umble" works.

    Louisa May Alcott | Louisa May Alcott
  • I am the umble instrument of umbly serving him, and he puts me on an eminence I hardly could have hoped to reach.

British Dictionary definitions for umbles

umbles

/ (ˈʌmbəlz) /


pl n
  1. another term for numbles

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