humbled

past tense of humble

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of humbled There is little evidence that Ozer has been humbled. Steve Belanger, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025 And no play better epitomized this possibly new, perhaps even humbled Kuminga than his offensive rebound with one minute to play in the game. Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025 The Rams were humbled at the Arizona Bowl at the end of the month by Miami of Ohio, 43-17, putting a sour bow on what had otherwise been a successful third season. Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 19 Oct. 2025 Losing has humbled his extreme faith in his ability to impose his will on this franchise. Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025 To be humbled and awed by the 7-story screen, every square inch of vision filled with movie, ready to sink into the textures and colors of 70mm film. Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 26 Sep. 2025 Little Penn would be awed and humbled. Sophie Ansari, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025 He’s never been humbled before. Leia Mendoza, Variety, 24 Sep. 2025 In a message to the campus after taking over, Bierschbach said he was humbled by the chance to lead Wayne State. John Wisely, Freep.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for humbled
Verb
  • There was this huge peak between 2000 and about 2018 where there was a decentralized anti-Fascist movement that’s responsible for Richard Spencer going home, for Matthew Heimbach being humiliated.
    Fiction Non Fiction, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
  • LaBella alleges that she was traumatized and humiliated by the experience.
    Gene Maddaus, Variety, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Palestinian Authority, long discredited in the West Bank, has been absent in Gaza.
    Mohammed R. Mhawish, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Colorado contends its law simply regulates licensed therapists by banning a practice that major medical groups have deemed harmful and discredited.
    Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • French authorities have arrested several suspects after a frantic manhunt for the men who staged a spectacular daytime heist at the Louvre museum that gripped the world and embarrassed the government in Paris.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2025
  • The Revolution provided a brief scare through a 59th-minute goal from Dor Turgeman, who embarrassed a defender before curling home a spectacular effort, but Inter Miami broke the tie almost immediately after the strike that made the score 2-1.
    Franco Panizo, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2025

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“Humbled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/humbled. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.

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