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In it, Bishop jokes, self-effacingly, about her “George-Washington-handicap”: “I can’t tell a lie even for art, apparently; it takes an awful lot of effort or a sudden jolt to make me alter the facts.”

From Slate • Jul. 9, 2015

Kate E. Ryan’s “Card and Gift,” which opened over the weekend at the Wild Project in the East Village, makes its own, self-effacingly oddball contribution to this mini-renaissance.

From New York Times • Jun. 7, 2015

Spieth admitted afterwards that he had struggled to sleep on Saturday night, self-effacingly pointing to his prematurely receding hairline as an indication of the stress he has been under.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2015

The role of Sarah is modestly, even self-effacingly written.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2014

It was living as—well, as Molly Brandeis had lived, helpfully, self-effacingly, magnificently.

From Fanny Herself by Ferber, Edna