At Dylan's touch, Shepherd opened his eyes, lowered his head, let his shoulders slump forward, and in general reassumed the humble posture in which he shuffled through life.

Down she went on her hands and knees and in this humble posture crept towards Zikali.

Havelock looked up from his humble posture, met Valtu's slit-pupiled eyes, and held them.

- and stand in humble posture while they pass.

I stood up and shook his hands and then sat in front of him in a humble and respectful squatting posture.

She had assumed the humble posture of a servant at the beginning of this conversation, but she would not now humiliate herself in the desperate kowtow of a penitent.

Louise disappeared rapidly among the trees; and then, as the King, who had been on his knees before the young girl, was rising from his humble posture, Colbert exclaimed, "Ah!

To adopt a virtuous, almost a humble posture, or to show strength by standing up to him?

Shi Chonggui, contrary to the humble posture that Emperor Gaozu took with Khitan, took a more hostile posture toward Khitan.

Soon, they too were squatting over their bowls, in a humble posture, looking straight ahead, feeling their bowls with their ankles and, as they would be constantly doing in future, clasping their manacled hands behind their necks.