self-effacing
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But threaded through the movie is another story, well-suited to the director’s dry and self-effacing sense of humor, of Hollywood producers interested in remaking “Sherman’s March” as a fiction feature.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
After a lifetime of being pleasant, polite and self-effacing, trying to brag is like taking a final you haven’t studied for, given in a foreign language.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026
“He could come across as self-effacing and deferential, but in Don’s skilled hands those were qualities that made him an enormously strong and effective leader,” Boccardi said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026
"He's very self-effacing about it - I think that he just knew he was not cut out for it," he says.
From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2026
I thought he might shift from the self-effacing Abnegation leader to the nightmare I knew at home, that he might lash out and reveal himself for who he is.
From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth
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Flowers for Algernon
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All My Sons
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