Humbler

I mean, in humbler homes, in Victorian times, the ceilings wouldn't have been high. ❋ Unknown (2010)

For those of us who move in humbler circles take a look at the OUP blog here where the very lucky Judith Luna, Commissioning Editor for Oxford World's Classics recounts her experience at yesterday's London film premiere of Sweeney Todd. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Note: It isn't just the Balcones and Atascadero hills that get steep: Out here in humbler San Rafael and Santa Julia we have some great views, and you know what that means! ❋ Unknown (2005)

It must be "humbler" -- "_yet aspiring_" does away the modesty, and, after all, _truth is truth_. ❋ George Gordon Byron Byron (1806)

It is the clarity that is sometimes most astonishing: you can see eucalyptus against the sky, pines marching in humbler ranks along the ridge, and you get a sense of the texture of the grass even though you can’t really observe it. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Now, the meaning is more exalted than the expression, and the expression humbler than the meaning. [ ❋ Street, Tony (2008)

I just recalled a humbler example of the benefit of bringing on board someone with a different perspective from the majority: ❋ Unknown (2009)

It doesn't usually make for either longevity or real quality, and I hope they continue to turn their attentions to the things that truly interest them and remain unafraid to produce smaller, 'humbler' movies. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Mr. Obama tries hardest of all to make good on President Bush's discarded promise of a "humbler" nation. ❋ Matthew Kaminski (2010)

And that was before Blankfein sold off his old apartment, a slightly "humbler" five-bedroom, seven-bath Park Avenue apartment. ❋ Unknown (2010)

And given that the alernative isn't just a "humbler" lifestyle, but sheer, grinding poverty, isn't there something to be said for the fact that this kid is going to be taken care of materially, i.e., that he won't have to worry about recieving his daily bread? ❋ Dymphna (2006)

To see him so richly adorned, who would not wish to find him a fine subject for investigation, one worthy of history, a subject such as humbler natures provide with lavish generosity? ❋ Jean-Henri Fabre (1869)

Thinkers advocating a "humbler" foreign policy are "hardly talked about in mainstream circles." ❋ Unknown (2011)

However, once society gets the picture provided by ethologists and others who study animals in nature and captivity, the interests not only of great apes and whales but also of the "humbler" species we have long taken for granted and whose fundamental interests have been totally disregarded, including chickens, pigs and other animals, will be understood and begin to be respected. ❋ Ingrid Newkirk (2010)

His nation-building experiments are downright Wilsonian, a far cry from the 'humbler' foreign policy he promised when he ran for office. " ❋ Unknown (2009)

Even his predecessor, George W. Bush, who was ultimately viewed as a dangerous cowboy in many places abroad, entered office promising a humbler American foreign policy. ❋ Unknown (2009)

More often, it is in a humbler scene, fraught with quiet and light: The silent circle of Quakers, the Catholics kneeling with reverence and cupped hands, the Mormons on bicycles, and the Baptists with hammers, building a home where once there was none. ❋ Mark Osler (2011)

[Buffy] told us last night last night she tried out a humbler on her new boyfriend. She said at first boy was he [surprised]. Then after [a while] he seemed to like it. Now he's her bitch LOL. ❋ Elbert (2007)

Matt - "Gabe you should totally tie that [ethernet cable] around your balls and give yourself a [humbler]." Gabe - "Just make sure Michael doesn't hit [the brakes] to hard I don't want to rip off my nuts!" ❋ Weezy87 (2015)

Ex: bro!!! You will never ever guess what happened last night!! I took my gf to my [gmas] crib,and you know that old washer??? Yeah I got a hummer on [the tumbler] and called that bitch a [humbler] ❋ MeanMFmoneyMike (2012)

That [slippery bitch] had me folded over giving me a [cum-humbler] before I even knew what was happening. Past tense- I almost lost an eye when that [ungrateful] snatch cum-humbled me. ❋ Mabel Scartooney (2018)

A [humbler] ([cock and ball torture]) is kinda like a pair of [handcuffs] a police officer uses because a wearer is forced to keep his legs forward. ❋ 1234567890abcdefghij (2020)