self-effacing
Example Sentences
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He liked comic books, Pop art, collage, landscape, the miniature worlds of Joseph Cornell boxes: virtually anything modest and surprising, even self-effacing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 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
In the pilot, she is insecure and self-effacing; when a car almost runs her over, she apologizes to the driver.
From Salon ● Dec. 15, 2025
The Lou Volpe I had known in my youth was self-effacing.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
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