self-effacement
Example Sentences
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But underneath the self-effacement often lies a healthy ego.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026
“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
“Fundamentally, it was a terrible hire,” Adamack said with characteristic self-effacement.
From Seattle Times • May 7, 2022
Krieps, who now mostly lives in Berlin with her two children, said that her desire for self-effacement was largely rooted in her upbringing in Luxembourg, a tiny duchy squeezed between Belgium, France and Germany.
From New York Times • Jul. 28, 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
