| Clue | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Humbles oneself | USA Today | 02 Aug 2025 |
| Suffers humiliation | Universal | 20 Nov 2024 |
| Suffers humiliation | Wall Street Journal | 25 Mar 2020 |
| Suffers insults | Wall Street Journal | 26 Oct 2019 |
| Suffers insults | ||
| Suffers humiliation | New York Times | 24 Nov 2018 |
| Suffers humiliation | ||
| Humbly accepts blame | The Chronicle of Higher Education | 24 Jun 2016 |
| Humbly accepts blame | ||
| Is humbled | LA Times Daily | 06 Aug 2015 |
| Is humbled | ||
| Humbles oneself | ||
| Dines on humble pie | ||
| Humbly apologizes | ||
| Humbly apologizes | ||
| Grovels | ||
| Humbly takes the blame | ||
| Humbly accepts blame | ||
| Admits one's embarrassing error | ||
| Humbly takes the blame | ||
| Takes a spill | ||
| Grovels | ||
| Admits an embarrassing error | ||
| Admits an embarrassing error | ||
| Grovels | ||
| Submits humbly, e.g. | ||
| Falls headfirst to the ground | ||
| In humbled | ||
| In humbled |