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Examples
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Other people come to award shows and basically thank some people they know and claim to be somehow "humbled."
David Wild: Bigmouth Strikes Again: A Post-VMA Playlist for Kanye West 2009
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This is Barack Obama himself tweeting this, back when he received the award, one word that he used, we thought we'd show it to you, "humbled."
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After one of these concerts, one orchestra professional spoke of feeling "humbled."
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You sit there as a filmmaker, you're kind of humbled.
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The woman may not be sold for money after she has been "humbled."
Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals William Graham Sumner 1875
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Heller said the high-school age boys were not injured, but "humbled."
The Seattle Times 2010
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