Example Sentences

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The gap between how effortless these motions looked and how they felt in my hands was humbling.

From Salon • Dec. 20, 2025

"It was humbling seeing mothers turning up with their daughters and asking: 'Why haven't we done this before?'"

From BBC • Jan. 3, 2024

He remembers doing a solo at his church once and, well, “I try not to say that it was traumatizing,” he says and laughs, “but it was humbling, let’s just say that.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2023

Indeed, it was humbling — and difficult — to learn a new skill as an adult.

From Washington Post • Apr. 27, 2023

It was humbling to see how the suggestions of ordinary people were often far ahead of the leaders’.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela