Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A humming.
- noun Humiliation.
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- verb Present participle of
humble . - noun An event which causes humbleness; a set-down.
- adjective Of higher rank, status, quality, strength, etc.; inducing a feeling of inferiority.
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- adjective causing awareness of your shortcomings
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Examples
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How humbling is that I am both an author and a marketer and I still seek outside collaborative help when it comes to creating a stellar landing page.
Peggy McColl: How to Write a Successful Sales Landing Page Peggy McColl 2010
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How humbling is that I am both an author and a marketer and I still seek outside collaborative help when it comes to creating a stellar landing page.
Peggy McColl: How to Write a Successful Sales Landing Page Peggy McColl 2010
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They lost in humbling fashion, ousted in the second of four voting rounds as London went on to edge Paris for the 2012 Summer Olympics.
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Sadly, I learned that watching your father fight for his life, while very scary and humbling, is not nearly as scary as watching your child fight for his life.
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Half of Nebraska'a last six games have resulted in humbling defeats.
NCAA Division I College Football - Nebraska vs. Penn State 2002
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In this hatred he confused the innocent with the guilty, detesting all the great nobles and taking a delight in humbling any of them he did not exile.
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The pleasure he takes in humbling the proud and exalting those of low degree (v. 6): The Lord lifts up the meek, who abase themselves before him, and whom men trample on; but the wicked, who conduct themselves insolently towards God and scornfully towards all mankind, who lift up themselves in pride and folly, he casteth down to the ground, sometimes by very humbling providences in this world, at furthest in the day when their faces shall be filled with everlasting shame.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon) 1721
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The only thing better and more humbling is trading "how I got arrested stories" ... (
ccfinlay: Last week, my ibook began to crash frequ ccfinlay 2006
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After the president's midterms humbling, the US media envision horse trading, vetoes – and a legislative logjam
Barack Obama facing two years of political gridlock Matthew Weaver 2010
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Ethel did not wait to hear more, but went to school next day full of the idea of humbling Julia by means of this wonderful piece of news.
Ruth Arnold or, the Country Cousin Lucy Byerley
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