Example Sentences

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Played solo by Briggs, November Song is humblingly pretty.

From The Guardian • Feb. 13, 2013

It's an attempt to survey humanity's efforts to unravel the big questions, ie, those pertaining to the size and shape of an infinite universe, and our humblingly insignificant place in it.

From The Guardian • Mar. 21, 2011

Unlike Korea, Thailand or Indonesia, whose recoveries depend humblingly on multibillion-dollar handouts from the IMF, Asia's first economic miracle baby has the wherewithal--financial and social--to do the job on its own.

From Time Magazine Archive