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Examples of self-effacing
self-effacing
Mr. Obama began his remarks with an attempt to be self-effacing about the honor.
From the washingtontimes.com
In this sense, peon can be used in either a derogatory or self-effacing context.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Torquati is a thoughtful musician and a self-effacing, somewhat stiff performer.
From the nytimes.com
There are a few landscapes and still lifes, most of them small and self-effacing.
From the sfgate.com
Maybe they round on him because he's too modest, introverted and self-effacing.
From the dailymail.co.uk
What other golfer would tell such a self-effacing story on national television?
From the orlandosentinel.com
Beneath that self-effacing air and those corny jokes, there's driving ambition.
From the usatoday.com
The self-effacing musicians create this space by splitting the focus of the show.
From the guardian.co.uk
Lamb is self-effacing in a world of self-promoters, quiet when others are loud.
From the time.com
