Performance of this familiar, humble task restored her mental balance.

Was that why she was annoyed, because she'd been forced to perform such a humble task?

Many men and women worked on these agricultural decks, at humble tasks and complicated ones.

I looked on as she sewed away on some humble task, her head bowed over her work.

Now, the chairs play the supporting role in tasks more humble - a game of bridge, a glance at the newspaper, a gaze out the window.

While there he became noted for the humility with which he would do the most humble tasks in the friary.

A poignant portrait of a newspaper seller emphasizes the pride he evidently takes in performing his humble task.

His garb contrasted oddly with the humble task of stirring the porridge.

She picks herself up and resumes her humble task with dignity.

Something like this, which is of the highest order, can do even the humblest tasks.