Example Sentences

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On the day that Dulles spoke, the conspicuously unhumble Nehru rose in the Indian Parliament to denounce U.S. policy.

From Time Magazine Archive

Humble folk like I expect more from unhumble folk like he.

From Time Magazine Archive

“I ain’t meaning to be unhumble, but you know they tastes better’n they smells, ’Lijah.

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis

A humble friend love her unhumble friend; for I suppose one must not venture to call one's mistress a tyrant.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 by Various