How To Use self-effacing In A Sentence
- Whatever the reason, I'll be wishing him well because, in our adversarial, interrogative culture, there's still a place for Parkinson's gentlemanly, self-effacing approach.
- Though self-effacing "It isn't my personality to be particularly proud of what I do" the composer seems to recognize his legacy as arguably the only living film composer with both classical credentials and name recognition among everyday moviegoers. The Last Movie Maestro
- He's a very able person, but at the same time incredibly modest and self-effacing.
- We did not know about that," Kriemler says, in characteristically self-effacing fashion. The Discreet Charm of Akris
- To do so, she explores the idea of metaphoricity, transforming conceits into self-reflexive, self-questioning, and ultimately self-effacing representation.
- But regarding 2 this teacher was not especially charismatic - in fact more self-effacing than naturally the centre of attention.
- Jack faced this minor crisis with typical self-effacing humor.
- He is scruffy, self-effacing and funny and conjures up all of these attributes in his perennially popular excursions to far-flung corners of the globe.
- And after the applicants sing arias in the vocal style of a soloist, they are asked to sight-read the selection with a more self-effacing choral tone. The Master of Many Choruses
- A shy, self-effacing man, Williams was self-taught, and showed an independent and determined intellectual curiosity.
