Use "self-effacing" in a sentence
1. She's brilliant but self-effacing.
2. They were brilliant, self-effacing men.
3. He was a shy, self-effacing man.
4. She'd been almost too self-effacing, he thought.
5. But he presents himself as self- effacing and penurious.
6. Beyond this self-effacing act, they emphatically proclaimed God’s holiness.
7. Jack faced this minor crisis with typical self-effacing humor.
8. Let yourself be encouraged. Don't be self-effacing or overly modest.
9. Ossyane's self-effacing voice fashions an intimate history from political upheaval.
10. In spite of her success, she remains self-effacing and reserved.
11. In those days women were expected to be quiet, passive and self-effacing.
12. It'seems we must compete . Let's be self - effacing . Don't make her too galling.
13. Antonyms for Braggadocious include humble, meek, modest, deferential, demure, diffident, self-effacing, unpretentious, shy and retiring
14. Antonyms for Blustering include quiet, modest, humble, diffident, self-effacing, timid, unpretentious, hesitant, unassuming and reserved
15. Antonyms for Assumptive include humble, lowly, modest, unarrogant, unpretentious, self-effacing, unassuming, shy, timid and meek
16. 40 synonyms for Coy: modest, retiring, shy, shrinking, arch, timid, self-effacing, demure, flirtatious, bashful
17. Physically attractive and possessed of considerable personal charm, his demeanour was self-effacing, gracious and polite.
18. Demure, self - effacing and discreet, Sarah Brown has played the wife - in - the - background role to perfection.
19. He had a clear scientific mind but was self-effacing, modest, and a man of few words.
20. He was a brilliant attorney with a self-effacing kindness and Affability unlike any I have ever seen.
21. He was the most self-effacing of men - the last thing he would have relished was a eulogy.
22. And there was great admiration for Livingstone's transparent honesty, self-effacing modesty and determination to stick to his guns.
23. Antonyms for Braggart include modest, unassuming, humble, deprecating, self-belittling, self-deprecating, self-effacing, unconceited, effacing and acquiescent
24. Antonyms for Bragging include modest, humble, egoless, uncomplacent, self-effacing, lowly, unassuming, self-belittling, self-deprecating and deprecating
25. The play, then, depicts Desdemona Contradictorily as a self-effacing, faithful wife and as a bold, independent personality
26. The captain was typically self-effacing when questioned about the team's successes, giving credit to the other players.
27. Physically attractive and possessed of considerable personal charm, his demeanour was self-effacing,[Sentence dictionary] gracious and polite.
28. Her husband was a quiet,[Sentence dictionary] self-effacing man who spent much of his time in his study.
29. But regarding 2 this teacher was not especially charismatic - in fact more self-effacing than naturally the centre of attention.
30. 11 But regarding 2 this teacher was not especially charismatic - in fact more self-effacing than naturally the centre of attention.
31. For the woman it could be that she makes jokes all the time, or she could be kind of self-effacing.
32. As the story was told I was very gentle and self-effacing, and she was out to damage every-thing that she could.
33. Close to the Universal Sovereign, the seraphs are all the more self-effacing, so as not to distract from God’s personal glory.
34. 25 Sensationalism is one aspect of America's bigger-is-better, superlative-crazy culture, one that Graham says has never accepted him, a spindly, self-effacing New Englander who doesn't sugarcoat.
35. The Beths’ first record, 2018’s Future Me Hates Me, introduced the world to a band that was all guitars and catchy melodies, with a self-effacing sentiment beneath the jangle.
36. From the Palestinian comedienne with cerebral palsy to the Arab American with a New Jersey accent, the Muslim comics in the film offer positive images of these ethnic cultures with self-effacing wit.