Wondering how to use Humbling in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as demeaning or humiliating.
Humbling in a sentence
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Humbling meaning
present participle and gerund of humble
Synonyms of Humbling
Using Humbling
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of humble
- Useful related words include: demeaning, humiliating, mortifying, undignified.
- In the example corpus, humbling often appears in combinations such as: humbling and, and humbling, was humbling.
Context around Humbling
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 7 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Humbling
- In this selection, "humbling" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 22.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, now, final, summit, eight, written and desantis stand out and add context to how "humbling" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 9 0 humbling at home and a super humbling experience. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "humbling" sits close to words such as actionable, adopts and airwaves, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with humbling
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It’s a super humbling experience. (6 words)
I'm looking forward to Trump humbling DeSantis. (8 words)
I find it really rewarding and also quite humbling. (9 words)
It started with Jack Ross’ short-lived reign at Tannadice that was most notable for a 7-0 loss away to AZ and a 9-0 humbling at home to Celtic, and those dispiriting defeats set the tone for a miserable season on Tayside. (44 words)
Ferrero said Alcaraz, who almost appeared out of nowhere last year, has the game to deliver where others have failed especially on the evidence of his 6-2 6-1 7-6(5) quarter-final humbling of Stefanos Tsitsipas on Tuesday. (41 words)
Heavy defeats by Ireland and Scotland have placed Wales in wooden spoon contention, but Vunipola believes that against they will be driven by their sense of grievance and the prospect of humbling their fiercest rivals. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
And that was quite humbling, that was a year or two ago.
Another three changes were made in their game against Sri Lanka, including Reece Topley ruled out due to fracture, as England crashed to a humbling eight-wicket defeat.
Aside from humbling him, it's pretty funny to see the big villain of the last arc scrubbing floors, which is more atoning than what most villains do after they're defeated.
Cockatoo IGA owner Nathan Pasco said it was “humbling” and “exciting” to win the awards after being nominated for eight different awards for two consecutive years.
Eight points clear in the Premier League, playing the most free-flowing soccer in England, and now humbling their fiercest rivals in front of their own fans.
Ferrero said Alcaraz, who almost appeared out of nowhere last year, has the game to deliver where others have failed especially on the evidence of his 6-2 6-1 7-6(5) quarter-final humbling of Stefanos Tsitsipas on Tuesday.
Following the guest speakers, open-mic performers shared very personal, humorous and humbling written works.
Heavy defeats by Ireland and Scotland have placed Wales in wooden spoon contention, but Vunipola believes that against they will be driven by their sense of grievance and the prospect of humbling their fiercest rivals.
He continued: “The amount of positive comments that I’ve had on Facebook has been quite humbling.
Hockey Canada's new leader called what she heard at its summit humbling and eye-opening.
I find it really rewarding and also quite humbling.
I just have to say it's very humbling for me to be with you, with the heroic acts that you did,' Jared said during the visit.
I'm looking forward to Trump humbling DeSantis.
It said the “wonderful and humbling” donation will “give hope to thousands of people, families and children”.
It’s a super humbling experience.
It's been so humbling and so lush to be part of that community, it's just been incredible.
It started with Jack Ross’ short-lived reign at Tannadice that was most notable for a 7-0 loss away to AZ and a 9-0 humbling at home to Celtic, and those dispiriting defeats set the tone for a miserable season on Tayside.
It was a humbling defeat that left Seattle (6-5) two games behind the first-place 49ers after dropping three of its last four.
It was humbling to find so many people who see the value of this city and, like me, are proud to put down roots here despite being born thousands of kilometres away.
It was very humbling, and afterward I had less attachments to items.
Common combinations with humbling
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- humbling and 19×
- and humbling 17×
- was humbling 16×
- humbling experience 14×
- humbling to 12×
- humbling defeat 9×
- is humbling 9×
- the humbling 6×
- it humbling 6×
- humbling of 5×