- a humble apology.
- a humble cottage.
- a lowly parish priest.
- a modest man of the people.
- baseborn wretches with dirty faces.
- essentially humble...and self-effacing, he achieved the highest formal honors and distinctions.
- He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss.
- of humble (or lowly) birth.
- small beginnings.
- This experience will humble him.