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Example sentences from the Web for self-effacingIt was a coming-out story of sorts told with self-effacing un-sentimentality. The Best Columns of 2014|John Avlon, Errol Louis|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST He was funny and self-effacing, though prone to fits of anger. ‘All Good Cretins Go to Heaven’: Dee Dee Ramone’s Twisted Punk Paintings|Melissa Leon|December 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST “The word ‘discover’ is odd,” says the self-effacing Granik. Life After ‘Winter’s Bone’: Debra Granik on Finding J. Law and the Plight of the Female Director|Marlow Stern|October 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST Crawforth claims that his subject was unmatched as a taxonomist, and that his self-effacing style elevated his writing. Exploring the Amazon, While We Still Can|Darrell Hartman|May 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But his self-effacing, self-aware and humble style makes it accessible and real—and thus particularly valuable. Seeking Reconciliation with a Terrorist: A Jewish Journey|Lisa Goldman|September 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST His nose and chin were long and pointed, and his manner was meek and self-effacing even when he was alone. Young Mr. Barter's Repentance|David Christie Murray Naturally humble and self-effacing, she had no ambition to shine socially. Marjorie Dean|Pauline Lester Hazel Fredericks, in her quiet and self-effacing manner, had aspirations, Milly suspected. One Woman's Life|Robert Herrick In conversation with men of alien sentiment I am self-effacing to my intense chagrin, often from mere shyness. The Journal of a Disappointed Man|Wilhelm Nero Pilate Barbellion But if the grand essential to a good mother be self-denying, self-effacing love, this is a bad era for its development. Maids Wives and Bachelors|Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
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adjectivetending to make oneself, one's actions, etc, inconspicuous, esp because of humility or timidity; modest Derived forms of self-effacingself-effacingly, adverbWords nearby self-effacingself-drive, self-driven, self-driving, self-educated, self-effacement, self-effacing, self-elected, self-employed, self-employment, self-energizing, self-enforcing Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to self-effacingreticent, coy, humble, unobtrusive, discreet, unassuming, unpretentious, backward, bashful, blushing, chaste, demure, diffident, lowly, meek, moderate, nice, proper, prudent, quiet |