humbling

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But it shows me His providence and it's humbling which is something God needs to do a lot with me.

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  1. A humming. Lyke the last humblynge After the clappe of a thundring. Chaucer, House of Fame, l. 1039.
  2. Humiliation. I like these tears well, and this humbling also. Beau. and Fl., Scornful Lady, iv. 1.

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  • Cowardice can be humbling, and I'm sure we are all pleased you know what that feels like first hand. —  Dallas Observer | Complete Issue
  • But it shows me His providence and it's humbling which is something God needs to do a lot with me. —  Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth
  • Meeting other children and families was "humbling," Elsa said. —  The Bellingham Herald: Sports News
  • In Hour Two KMC fills us in on what was perhaps the most humbling, and yet thoroughly inspring thing he's ever heard said.
  • Send us your most humbling, and amusing, outreach stories.
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  1. from Middle English humbeling, humbling, verbal noun of humbelen, humblen, hum, humble: see humble.
  2. Verbal noun of humble, v.
 

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