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What is the difference between humble and humbling ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
I'm also not sure about the use of "humble" as a verb.
Humbling means that it makes you feel humble. A humbling experience for example.
To humble someone means you make them feel humble.
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Yes, "humbling" is typically something out of your control. "A humbling experience"
You can also use humble as a verb referring to yourself.
"I humbled myself before the king."
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