Example Sentences

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But this glimmer of self-deflation is just that, a glimmer, faint and unsteady.

From Slate • May 3, 2013

I often enjoy Scott's writing, and can only hope he means this stuff as droll self-deflation.

From Salon • Apr. 15, 2010

Frankly at home in high-church ceremony, he nonetheless seems at times the amiable country parson, enjoying simple amusement in self-deflation.

From Time Magazine Archive

Besides, playful self-deflation suits Bill Murray, who only did Ghostbusters in return for a shot at the second screen version of Somerset Maugham's most gaseous novel.

From Time Magazine Archive