self-effacement

Example Sentences

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The clean installation helps the viewer to “get” Samaras—his off-kilter intensity and odd self-effacement, in spite of all the focus on his own likeness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

Modesty, wit, self-effacement: They shape every line of his work.

From Washington Post • Feb. 23, 2023

“One of the reasons Boseman was such a marvelous actor was his genius for self-effacement, his ability to hold the spotlight without dominating it,” Chang writes.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2022

These characters, with their separate agendas, are intended to awaken Tell and to propel him to end his self-effacement.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 9, 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