self-effacement
Example Sentences
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“Bluesky apology forms” even began to circulate among lefties with a sense of humor and self-effacement.
From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2026
But underneath the self-effacement often lies a healthy ego.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 19, 2026
While the spectacle of awards shows can be embarrassing, a cringe-making combo of self-congratulation and self-effacement, the hype always gets me in the end.
From New York Times ● Jan. 14, 2023
In between the song and dance, he’d read poems in a similar mode: an intersection of high art and low humor, amusing yet serious, endearing in their self-effacement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2021
It is safer, you conclude, to choose self-effacement at this critical moment in your career.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
