He sounded almost humble, although she suspected him of being nothing of the sort.

Which sounded very humble, but he'd finished the canoe, and he still had it in his garage.

"No one, my lord," I said, trying to sound humble.

Fortunately, with his head bowed, it sounded sincere and humble.

"Thanks," he said, and this time he did sound humble.

"I haven't any idea where Octavian is," he said, trying to sound humble.

The claim stops sounding humble when we understand what it entails.

"We thought maybe you might want to come out here," Daisy offered, aware she was sounding uncharacteristically humble.

I'm not trying to sound humble, but I've got a small house because it's all I need.

The girl could not hear what it was saying, but it sounded humble, noting instructions.