Humbly

//ˈhʌmbli//

"Humbly" in a Sentence (13 examples)

I may not have much to offer in the way of learning or ability, but I want to do whatever I can for us all and humbly ask for your favor.

To be continued next time, and thus I most humbly request your attendance then.

Tom smiled humbly.

It is enough for me to contemplate the mystery of conscious life perpetuating itself through all eternity, to reflect upon the marvelous structure of the universe which we can dimly perceive, and to try humbly to comprehend even an infinitesimal part of the intelligence manifested in nature.

I humbly apologize to each and everyone of you.

I grieve with you for your loss and suffering; and humbly and respectfully ask for your forgiveness.

Dear Ursula,—There is a young man in Nemours who idolizes you. He cannot see you working at your window without emotions which prove to him that his love will last through life. This young man is gifted with an iron will and a spirit of perseverance which nothing can discourage. Receive his addresses favorably, for his intentions are pure, and he humbly asks your hand with a sincere desire to make you happy. His fortune, already suitable, is nothing to that which he will make for you when you are once his wife. You shall be received at court as the wife of a minister and one of the first ladies in the land.

"Itadakimasu" is a Japanese phrase that literally means "I humbly receive."

He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does the LORD require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

I humbly accept this award.

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Hee hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doeth the Lord require of thee, but to do iustly, and to loue mercy, and to walke humbly with thy God?

At the end of a week, she could bear the suspense no longer, and so went humbly to her old home and sought forgiveness.

The greatest difficulty is to do great things humbly.

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