But in a city short on glamour, many residents are clearly taken with his good looks, youthful exuberance and self-effacing humor.

He speaks slowly, methodically, with quiet self-effacing humor.

But self-effacing humor will at least soften any appearance of rudeness.

According to the local folklore, the residents of this town are renowned for their self-effacing humor and their tightfistedness.

It is a preoccupation he recognizes with self-effacing humor as "my usual shtick."

While at the helm, Gilmartin was best known for his sardonic wit and self-effacing humor.

Despite the self-effacing humor, Brown, a former high school basketball and lacrosse star, is actually a quick runner.

Mr. Bush answered with some barbs of his own and a bit of self-effacing humor.

That madness and self-effacing humor permeate his writing on fly-fishing.

"I'm not a pretty passer anyway," Hobert said in a typical moment of self-effacing humor.