"Oh, I wouldn't want to cause any bother," Estelle said with a self-effacing smile.

Lysaer met his unease with a self-effacing smile.

He raised one eyebrow and gave her a lop-sided, self-effacing smile.

She turned back to Jasminder, giving a self-effacing smile.

He gave what he hoped was a self-effacing smile.

You got a way of speaking, of making others see your way, despite themselves," Scott said, giving the younger man a self-effacing smile.

"Well, you can't expect a girl to give up without a fight," she said with one of her more charming, self-effacing smiles.

He gave a small self-effacing smile.

He gave his crooked, self-effacing smile to the boor instead.

"As Presbyterians, we want things to be black and white," he said with a self-effacing smile.