Humbled

Examples

• She brought him some milk, and he drank of it gratefully and lay down again, to forget in pleasant dreams his lost battle and his humbled pride. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• My heart was deeply and most deservedly humbled as I mused over the fire for an hour or more. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• The humbled mutineer smelt it, tasted it, and returned to his seat. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• For herself she was humbled; but she was proud of him. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• We err, we fall, we are humbled; then we walk more carefully. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The heart so wounded should be healed at last; the proud spirit so tortured should find rest again; the humbled head should be lifted up once more. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Not humbled before God, as having failed in trust towards Him; not degraded and abased in Mr. Thornton's sight. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• He took off his hat as Mr. Pickwick saluted him, and seemed much humbled and abashed at the sight of Sam Weller. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• By you, I was properly humbled. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• I will walk here until the pride of this house is humbled. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Poor Lucy, she afterwards declared to us, was never so ashamed and humbled since she had been born. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• With his last gust of words the flame had died out, leaving him chill and humbled. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• She was disturbed by no fear for her felicity, nor humbled by any remembrance of her misconduct. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• And so, a graceless orphan, training to be a singing girl, carries it, by that Frederick Dorrit's agency, against me, and I am humbled and deceived! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• How those three proud, overbearing brothers humbled themselves before me! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• She was humbled, she was grieved; she repented, though she hardly knew of what. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.

Editor: Rochelle