Rubin's self-effacement was always a bit of shtick. From Wordnik.com. [Rubin’s Detail Deficit] Reference
Nor, though, had she ever been one for self-effacement. From Wordnik.com. [Broken Symmetry] Reference
Modesty bordering on self-effacement is his default mode. From Wordnik.com. [Why bullfighting is making Spain see red] Reference
All her movements were marked by well-bred self-effacement. From Wordnik.com. [Maigret in Holland]
"Don't credit me with too much self-effacement!" he grinned. From Wordnik.com. [The Hermit of Far End] Reference
Such men tend to be low-key to the point of self-effacement. From Wordnik.com. [Cancer Survivor Alyssa Iacoboni Goes on the Hunt of a Lifetime] Reference
His survival in London had required a radical self-effacement. From Wordnik.com. [William Langewiesche on Mouloud Sihali] Reference
Most applicants opt for self-aggrandizement over self-effacement. From Wordnik.com. [The Perfect Essay] Reference
Isn't Biden just engaging in characteristic self-effacement here?. From Wordnik.com. ["Joe D'oh Puts O in 'Crisis' Mode."] Reference
Even if you're just feigning self-effacement, it will serve you well. From Wordnik.com. [Lesley M. M. Blume: The Art of Standing Apart] Reference
This kind of self-effacement is a signature ingredient in Sorensen on Sorensen. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Alderman: Ted Sorensen - Unassuming Insider at the Center of Power] Reference
Hilary sat on his grand bed and Fox performed his usual feat of self-effacement. From Wordnik.com. [Tied Up in Tinsel]
One person crossed and exited with such self-effacement as to be almost invisible. From Wordnik.com. [London Theater Journal: The Cost of Everything - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference
"If only I'd had your example of humility and self-effacement to copy, Miss Hallim.". From Wordnik.com. [A Place Called Freedom]
He continues the tradition of self-effacement in Harold Ramis's new film, "Bedazzled.". From Wordnik.com. [Beauty Is Only Skin Deep] Reference
It reigns with serenity and in complete self-effacement, amidst the wildest confusion. From Wordnik.com. [FTC's Blogger Endorsement Rules & Regs: Not Really Needed - Shelly Palmer - MediaBizBloggers] Reference
He could never be the spokesman; that might well be the reason for his self-effacement. From Wordnik.com. [An Excellent Mystery]
Most of us have known parties or expeditions full of this seething fuss of self-effacement. From Wordnik.com. [G.K. Speaks - Wanted, An Unpractical Man] Reference
Deportation, colonization, and a voluntary political self-effacement have all been advocated. From Wordnik.com. [Twentieth Century Negro Literature Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro] Reference
I admired her apparent modesty and desire for self-effacement and I thought, What a nice lady!. From Wordnik.com. [Part of the way with CBK!] Reference
How unthinkable such self-effacement seems in our personality-obsessed, publicity-conscious age!. From Wordnik.com. [Dickens Our Contemporary] Reference
I'll admit I'm like him in a number of ways, but humility and self-effacement are not among them. From Wordnik.com. [Flowers for Algernon]
And I think it was Twain ` s bluntness and Grant ` s self-effacement that really fit well together. From Wordnik.com. [Grant and Twain: The Story of a Friendship That Changed America] Reference
This greatness appears in superlative degree in the self-effacement of him who possessed these powers. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Jesus of Nazareth] Reference
These values were associated with self-effacement, self-discipline and personal sacrifice for the greater good. From Wordnik.com. [Kiyotaka Akasaka: The UN Academic Impact and Universal Values] Reference
Today at least, no friend of Oldendorf has any occasion to praise your chivalrous sentiments or your self-effacement. From Wordnik.com. [The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12] Reference
Mr. Mecutchen bowed to Mr. Vickers, and Mr. Vickers bowed to Mr. Mecutchen, with a sort of grotesque self-effacement. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885] Reference
However, the two women share a reputation for being much tougher in private than their self-effacement might suggest. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Above all, he had moral authority: he brought to his office high integrity, a spirit of sacrifice and self-effacement. From Wordnik.com. [First among equals] Reference
BERNHARD: I don ` t know it ` s just because of his self-effacement and his sort of mock embarrassment of his whole being. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 5, 2009] Reference
And in all the crowd a sense of guardedness and softness and self-effacement: a curious soft sensibilité, touched with fear. From Wordnik.com. [The Plumed Serpent] Reference
The diffident charm that was so effective in "The Crying Game" still works, but his self-effacement is approaching self-parody. From Wordnik.com. [Meryl (Yes, Meryl) Goes Macho] Reference
The other was Campion; he had work to do on his own account and he had long-since mastered the difficult art of self-effacement. From Wordnik.com. [The Return of Mr Campion]
Viewed in the light of their second station ... they manifest absolute servitude, utter destitution, and complete self-effacement. From Wordnik.com. [Statement on Bahá’u’lláh] Reference
Olivet turned to Charles, who had been standing near the door with the attentive self-effacement of the perfectly trained servant. From Wordnik.com. [Salvage for the Saint]
His twisty smile, debonair charm and twinge of self-effacement bring a much-needed jauntiness to an otherwise buttoned-down production. From Wordnik.com. [The Life Of The Party] Reference
John the promised Messiah, with unparalleled self-effacement he pointed them to his rival and rejoiced in that rival's growing success. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Jesus of Nazareth] Reference
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