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humble background

collocation in English

meanings of humbleand background


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humble
adjective
uk /ˈhʌm.bəl/ us /ˈhʌm.bəl/
not proud or not believing that you ...
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background
noun
uk /ˈbæk.ɡraʊnd/ us /ˈbæk.ɡraʊnd/
the things that can be seen behind the main things or people in ...
See more at background


Examples of humble background


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His was a humblebackground.
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They are men of very little capital and very humblebackground.
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He ascribed this to his humblebackground.
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Jung-eun comes from a humblebackground.
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From a humblebackground, he was largely self-educated.
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Nobody should go to university because he is from a humblebackground or from any other background; he should go because he is clever.
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Her family was of humblebackground, and both her parents were rubber planters.
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Coming from a humblebackground, he was helped by kind team-mates and well-wishers.
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Despite her humblebackground, she carries herself with pride and grace, majoring in classical dance during college.
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Coming from a humblebackground, it was said at one point, he made a living designing the engravings for tombstones.
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A novel that examines the compromises involved when making a career in an empire when coming from a humblebackground.
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Especially in his old age, the writer emphasized his family's humblebackground and his status as a self-made man.
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Despite a humblebackground, he was able to use his education to achieve high professional and social status.
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Although from a humblebackground, his obvious intellect and outstanding abilities saw him promoted up through the ecclesiastical hierarchy.
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Coming from a humblebackground, he earned a living as a laborer in the cane fields, docks, and railroads.
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I was proud to be raised in a working-class home in a mining community—a humblebackground to some, but a very proud and particularly character-building experience for me.
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Despite his relatively humblebackground, he managed to rise from ship's boy to the rank of captain at the age of 34.
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Other companies were of a more humblebackground, from being miners and dockers to postmen, and many other roles in the community.
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Hazes had mixed feelings about the film, but most viewers saw a man who had remained true to his humblebackground and whose raw emotional songs were genuinely felt.
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