"I Am Humbled By..."

cawacko

Well-known member
Ok, one for you linguistics out there. So many LinkedIn posts I see start with "I am humbled by the nomination to/for (and lists some group or award)". Or "I am humbled to receive this big assignment".

I always thought of humble to mean something like "we went into the game over confident and got our *sses kicked, that was a humbling experience". Not so much starting with humble to then brag about something you've done.

What say you?
 
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