humble circumstances

collocation in English

meaningsofhumbleandcircumstance

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humble
adjective
uk
/ˈhʌm.bəl/us
/ˈhʌm.bəl/
not proud or not believing that you ...
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circumstance
noun
uk
/ˈsɜː.kəm.stɑːns/us
/ˈsɝː.kəm.stæns/
a fact or event that makes a situation the way ...
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(Definition ofhumbleandcircumstancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It is the habit of people in humble circumstances, in giving an explanation, to begin far away at the beginning.
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The majority of the people who were successful on that occasion had come from humble circumstances, through evening schools.
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Thousands of people in humble circumstances who are not council tenants wish to buy houses.
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There would therefore be perhaps a thousand or less relatively small claimants, people in humble circumstances claiming relatively small sums.
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Take an illustration from a man in more humble circumstances, because some of these civil servants are in very humble circumstances.
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Five of them started from the bottom, in the most humble circumstances.
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Some of the people concerned may be in very humble circumstances.
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A formula may be constructed in humble circumstances at a desk which is as valid as that which is constructed in more impressive surroundings.
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The provision of a rent book is a matter of great importance to many tenants in poor and humble circumstances, or even in semi-illiterate circumstances.
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They are men who often begin in somewhat humble circumstances.
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I myself live in more humble circumstances on a common which is much loved by the public.
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Some may be people in comparatively humble circumstances who do not have the assistance of such people.
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Most of these owners are in humble circumstances and a great many are owner-occupiers.
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Many of them are the sons of widows or people in humble circumstances, and it is to their credit that they do help their parents.
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But unless we do that, we shall inflict very great hardship in a large number of cases on people in quite humble circumstances.
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People in humble circumstances do not have a great deal of business for solicitors to transact.
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Do we mean a person who started in poor and humble circumstances and has remained there?
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No case has been made to show that the existing schools and universities are unfair in the matter of fees to the children of parents in humble circumstances.
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Very often these insurance companies and investment trusts affect, not a few rich people, but literally millions of people many of them in quite humble circumstances.
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