It is not meekness or self deprecating thought, but the effacing of oneself to something higher.

The upper canines are filed down slightly to symbolize the effacing of the individual's "wild" nature.

The scent of a convent school upbringing floats around her like frankincense and myrrh, from the demure cross-legged posture to the ascetic effacing of a palpable sexuality.

The vice of the modern notion of mental progress is that it is always something concerned with the breaking of bonds, the effacing of boundaries, the casting away of dogmas.

The Madness from the Sea If heaven ever wishes to grant me a boon, it will be a total effacing of the results of a mere chance which fixed my eye on a certain stray piece of shelf-paper.

Only the death of words effaces them from the text.

Unfortunately, they did much to efface it in the second.

He stood perfectly still, then his form became effaced in the night.

Of course he has effaced himself with a new name and a disguise.

It has left an impression which can never be effaced from my mind.

The impressions that were then made upon me, can never be effaced.

At first, she could not see: the water's roar seemed to efface light.

The remembrance of that night will never be effaced from my mind.

Then it, too, was effaced by the rain and darkness.

In effect, that meant doing away with his own privilege, and thus effacing himself.

In the case of strangers, it was fairly quickly effaced.

He spoke to the officers in terms which will not soon be effaced from their memory.

No new impressions could efface those which are so deeply cut.

God, the thought effacing them all again She sipped her wine.

He's a decent self effacing person who works hard at being a judge.

It is clear that the issue of consent has not been effaced by Categories 1 and 2.

"There are passions too deep for even a millennium to efface."

Worse even than the ones whose name is effaced from the earth."

He would efface himself from her life and see her no more.

But soon, under a new sheet, every imprint would be effaced.

There appeared two large red letters, already almost effaced, but which could be still distinguished.

He put those shoulders to many wheels, often effacing his own contribution in so doing.

He revered nature and gave himself to it to the point where his personality is almost effaced.

In an instant they were gone, effaced by rubble and dust.

The black gloom of his anger was effaced when he stepped into the open air.