| We feel immensely proud at reaching this milestone and it's also been quite humbling to receive so many messages of congratulation. |
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| Could there be a more humbling realization than that one is consubstantial with one's enemy, or that one is indebted to one's enemy? |
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| Leading hawks within the Bush administration are gloating over their humbling of Europe and are opposed to any concessions to America's rivals. |
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| But you'll have to comb through humbling rosters of seven-figure properties first. |
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| Standing face-to-face with an expert karateka like Ushiro Sensei was an enlightening and humbling experience. |
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| It was a humbling experience, and a reality check in my own life and relationships. |
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| For a team that demands victory every year this is world-shaking, humbling stuff. |
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| He found studying Greek art and architecture humbling, realising that all those years ago people knew so much about proportion and symmetry. |
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| This humbling gesture recalls the actions of Jesus at the Last Supper when he washed his disciples' feet. |
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| It felt both humbling and a bit nostalgic to lecture, in God's providence to 240 ministerial students in the place I was once called to serve. |
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| It is humbling to remember that the two lives saved that day weren't due to fancy new techniques or expensive modern technology. |
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| Scot songsmith Colin MacIntyre makes bold music about humbling experiences. |
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| The humbling and harrowing morality of the play, and much of its poetry, are lost. |
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| There is something humbling about watching the great and the good do things normally reserved for the hoi polloi. |
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| As with shaping or glassing surfboards, there is nothing like trying it yourself for a truly humbling experience. |
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| Such a swift and humbling defeat could have easily dampened my spirits, but something hooked me in during those few hazy seconds of combat. |
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| It's like he was slowly coming to the realization that the grand finale of the magnificent journey had come to this shockingly humbling ending. |
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| More often, he uses his talents to discomfit people who deserve it, deflating the pretentious and humbling the arrogant. |
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| The Socceroos were looking condemned to a humbling defeat until Tim Cahill's stoppage time intervention in their 1-1 draw against Oman. |
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| Working in an interracial coalition can be a difficult and humbling experience, but also a sweet one. |
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| It was truly humbling to be in such great company and to place second after only six months in the blogging biz. |
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| They are always there for me and it is humbling to realise how good your real friends are to you. |
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| He felt quite guilty for these revengeful thoughts, but in the end concluded that the severe humbling would do her good. |
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| I have to say I find that fact as remarkable as it is humbling. |
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| When he put George down for the count in the eighth, a man hitherto regarded as an ogre was reduced to humbling mortality at the feet of boxing's greatest magician. |
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| For this humbling disaster, the finger pointed at that same culprit: the developer and his facilitator, the politician. |
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| For me it has been a humbling experience to work with such a professional hard-working group who have made this legislation work. |
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| In a world where people want to be recognised and rewarded for their achievements, it is humbling to see someone who is committed to doing good for the sake of doing good. |
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| To be the very first moment that we see on an episode of The Good Wife was quite a compliment and very humbling. |
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| His insight is humbling, deeply grained, outrageously perceptive and full of a signature humour. |
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| Explore Aboriginal art at Yourambulla Caves and climb Mount Arden for some humbling views. |
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| Witnesses got an eyeful: gaping mouth, baleen plates, pectoral fins, distended belly... A truly humbling experience. |
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| From this humbling experience I learned how easy it is to fall into a false sense of security when devising an encryption algorithm. |
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| Cycling through the swamp paths and eyeballing an alligator, a creature so suited to its environment that it hasn't changed in 50 million years, is a humbling experience. |
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| It was his own spiritual narrative and it was surprisingly, serenely, humbling. |
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| But when you get a load of Oscar nominations, and you look down the list of great directors who have won in the past, it's really humbling. |
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| I had a vague recollection of saying something of that sort, but to think that a patient was being helped by some throwaway remark of mine was quite humbling. |
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| It is truly humbling to consider the enormous teamwork required to take us so far, in so short a time. |
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| In this wild, mountainous country, it's all about highs, lows and humbling views. |
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| It is a common occurrence to see the fans of baseball's Tampa Bay Devil Rays shut their eyes, either in silent prayer or to escape the sight of another humbling defeat. |
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| It could be that pandit is leaving because he has been weakened by poor leadership and humbling missteps. |
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| The inequalities here are impossible to ignore, but the tireless struggle of so many against injustices is humbling and heartening. |
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| It is always immensely humbling for we hacks to be in the presence of the Chancellor, given his facility for talking expertly about, apparently, everything under the sun. |
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| Arcane designs and clever agitprop, Red Sox fomentation, hearts with initials and humbling compliments. |
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| The humbling focuses on Simon Axler, a veteran stage actor who loses the desire to act. |
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| So it is a humbling moment to rise in this House to speak on this topic and contemplate the problems and dangers faced by brave people who go out as humanitarian workers in Third World countries. |
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| It's humbling to have been selected considering the quality and deservedness of the other regional finalists. |
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| There's nothing so humbling as being a dunce in a foreign tongue, and if it weren't for her compassion, we'd have lost heart after two weeks. |
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| It was humbling and overwhelming all at once, and I desperately tried to imagine what they were experiencing as they blearily watched their wild dream become reality. |
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| But the puffery on most anniversary specials is mild, perhaps because there is something humbling about Katrina that abashes even the most egotistical personalities. |
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| The voters have a genius for humbling favourites and exalting outsiders. |
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| This sinkhole on the Thaurac plateau presents a unique stage made out of stone lace and strangely shaped concretions. The humbling dimensions of the cave make it seem like a subterraneous cathedral. |
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| For many of us on the other side of the desk, me included, the bestowment of this request is humbling. |
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| The experience proved a humbling one for most, as it became obvious that the task of refereeing or judging taekwondo combat is no task for a rookie and is of utmost importance for the sport. |
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| Their support and faith in me is gratifying and extremely humbling. |
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| Few things could be more humbling or rewarding than presiding over the world's largest conservation organization while surrounded by internationally recognised conservation experts. |
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| My role as Vice-President of the Assembly is humbling in the sense that I have been given the opportunity to be part of the process of fighting impunity worldwide and strengthening the rule of law across the globe. |
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| That so many dedicated, creative, curious and accomplished people should seek out one another to share their skills and the common ground of concern for an endangered world is both astonishing and humbling. |
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| Contributing to narrowing the unacceptable gap between the state of health, a fundamental human right in the Northern and the Southern Hemispheres, is an ambitious and humbling task. |
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| To see how some people are doing everything that they can to alleviate the suffering of their fellow human beings is both humbling and a call to do what little we can ourselves. |
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| It has been a humbling privilege to chair this organization for the past two years and I can only hope I leave it as strong and determined as when I first assumed the honour. |
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| It is truly a humbling honour to be part of such a long tradition and to be counted as part of a growing list of doctors recognized with this award. |
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| As a domestic policy, D'Souza explains, post-colonialism is always about humbling the overclass by subordinating it to the power of government. |
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| Indeed, it is quite humbling to consider the extent to which such a fragile material has served over the centuries as one of the most solid media for cultural exchange between East and West. |
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| It's a very rewarding and humbling experience. |
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| In my opinion, the human brain is the most sophisticated machine ever known, and it was humbling for me to imagine how such a complex machine developed and was maintained. |
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| He might be happy being applauded off after a European humbling by a no-mark team but standards are a bit higher when you're the champions. |
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| While God is disciplining me and humbling me, He is also showing me His great love for failers. |
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| Surely the Gods have made him fey, having ordained his destruction and our humbling before these Demons. |
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| When you move back to a country with hockey as its national sport, it's humbling to be the slowest, wobbliest teenager on the rink. |
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| Yet we fear to pursue this thought to its humbling conclusion. |
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| If memories of Barcelona in 1997 and Juventus in 2002 are fresher and more vivid, the 2-0 humbling of Italian giants Inter Milan is up there with those latterday classics. |
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| She is the Uriah Heep of society, humbling herself before the Church and the Law, whispering sweetly her vow to honor and obey, hugging her chains as a chattel and a slave. |
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