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humblehumble2 verb VERB TABLEhumble |
Present | I, you, we, they | humble | | he, she, it | humbles | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | humbled | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have humbled | | he, she, it | has humbled | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had humbled | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will humble | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have humbled |
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Present | I | am humbling | | he, she, it | is humbling | | you, we, they | are humbling | Past | I, he, she, it | was humbling | | you, we, they | were humbling | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been humbling | | he, she, it | has been humbling | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been humbling | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be humbling | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been humbling |
- All those dreary councillors and their officious bureaucrats deserve to be humbled.
- And making SROs profitable for private builders is a task that would humble Hercules.
- Swansea were humbled 41-10 by Leicester, while Cardiff lost 21-15 to Gloucester.
- This is because balding has helped women humble and silence our male critics.
- Yet I was awed, and even humbled in a way, to confront such an enemy.
- Yet the school offered him nothing and lie had to humble himself to plead with me.
► humbling experience a humbling experience ► in my humble opinion (=used when giving your opinion, especially when you want to emphasize what you are about to say)· In my humble opinion, he is the greatest sportsman Britain has produced. ► be humbled- You can't help but be humbled when you walk into this magnificent cathedral.
- All those dreary councillors and their officious bureaucrats deserve to be humbled.
- All were humbled by the miracle child.
- By that, Taylor says he is humbled.
- Polar explorer Robert Swan said he was humbled by Michael's example.
- Swansea were humbled 41-10 by Leicester, while Cardiff lost 21-15 to Gloucester.
- They were humbled to discover how ill-prepared they were.
► humble yourself- Not a lot of former 20-game winners would humble themselves that way.
- With Angel gone there was no need to humble herself and inquire if he had at last returned to work.
- Yet the school offered him nothing and lie had to humble himself to plead with me.
► eat humble pie- Martinez had to eat crow when he bragged that the Red Sox would win the division and they came in last.
- Taylor's victory in the semi-final has forced many of her critics to eat humble pie.
- Come and take potluck eat humble pie whatever.
- The Midlanders have been eating humble pie this season, though they deserve better fare.
1be humbled if you are humbled, you realize that you are not as important, good, kind etc as you thought you were: You can’t help but be humbled when you enter this cathedral.2[transitive] to easily defeat someone who is much stronger than you are: The mighty U.S. army was humbled by a small Southeast Asian country.3humble yourself to show that you are not too proud to ask for something, admit you are wrong etc: I knew he had humbled himself to ask for my help.—humbling adjective: a humbling experience |