How to Use humility in a Sentence

humility

noun
  • The ordeal taught her humility.
  • He accepted the honor with humility.
  • For that to spark a chill of fear, or some humility?
    — Abby McCloskey, Twin Cities, 24 Dec. 2025
  • Flat trails don’t teach you that kind of humility.
    — Jamilee Hoglind, Outside, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Learn to take pride in humility, and over time, the world will start to shout about you.
    — Miika Mäkitalo, Fortune Europe, 19 Mar. 2024
  • Hold on to it for a while and reenter with some more humility.
    — Janelle Ash, FOXNews.com, 7 Dec. 2025
  • Hold on to it for a while and reenter with some more humility.
    — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 6 Dec. 2025
  • Then there is the humility that comes from moving to new lands.
    — Vivek Wadhwa, Fortune, 3 Dec. 2021
  • That just taught me so much humility, of how hard people work on movie sets.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 30 Apr. 2025
  • Seeing the world through the eyes of the dead takes humility and courage.
    — Carol Quillen, Time, 21 Feb. 2026
  • This brings us to our last trait of great leaders — a healthy dose of humility.
    — Chris Barbin, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2021
  • His courage, humility, and moral compass are at the heart of this piece.
    — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 3 July 2025
  • Still, his fame didn’t change his humility.
    — Katie Mannion, PEOPLE, 10 Jan. 2026
  • But doesn’t all prayer need to include that kind of humility?
    — Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 10 May 2021
  • Smith pointed to his team’s humility and lack of ego.
    — James Boyd, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The wolf is humility and the turtle is truth.
    — Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 29 Mar. 2026
  • The wolf is humility, and the turtle is truth.
    — Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 30 Mar. 2026
  • That Yeoh is toasting to health could be seen as a sign of humility.
    — Amy Nicholson, Town & Country, 17 Aug. 2022
  • If life is designed to humble us in the face of time, there is joy in that humility.
    — Dave Shiflett, WSJ, 7 Sep. 2018
  • Still, this isn't the time to hide behind humility.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026
  • His words ring as a reminder to approach my role here with humility.
    — Jonathan Haidt, The Atlantic, 14 May 2026
  • The late priest is known for his great faith, humility and love of the violin.
    — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 12 Nov. 2021
  • What the debate could use is a little more humility, on both sides.
    — Joel Mathis, The Week, 16 Aug. 2021
  • Wright himself said this week that a little humility wouldn’t be a bad thing right now.
    — Mike Jensen, Philly.com, 31 May 2018
  • Larry Culp is low key, press shy, and talks a lot about humility.
    — Alan Murray, Fortune, 26 Jan. 2024
  • So there’s a humility and a never-seeking-praise way of life from these guys.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 7 Apr. 2025
  • The point of this, as of most ancient wisdom, was to teach humility.
    — Mark Lilla, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2020
  • There was, in fact, a kind of humility about her and her performance.
    — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2021
  • The humility lines up with the golfer Kaliszewki coached and watched for six years.
    — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 22 June 2026
  • And having the humility to act when the answer is no.
    — Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025

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