His articles exude an affecting modesty and polymath's enthusiasm for such everyday matters as gardening, cabbages and soap.
The Gators won so easily and often, and Mr. Spurrier made so little effort to affect modesty, that his detractors called him Steve Superior.
Klein's boyish good looks and his affecting modesty -- qualities that were not commonly associated with the arrogant world of fashion -- endeared him to the mostly female ranks of fashion journalists, who, despite his penchant for copying other designers, were to be helpful to him at the beginning of his career.
None of this affected his unassuming modesty or diminished the warmth and generosity of his heart.
His fame and heroic stature provided something of a classroom aura, but they affected neither his modesty nor his simple tastes.
Barbra Streisand, long a pop culture law unto herself, affects some winning modesty at the beginning of "Barbra: The Music … the Mem'ries … the Magic!," a concert film now streaming on Netflix.
In addition, noted NIH Director Francis Collins in a statement, her "modesty... warmth, wisdom, interest, and mentorship" affected a very large number of people.
In others, this insecurity translates into a genuine humility rather than the modesty that all Etonians affect so well.
These years of unspoken bravery and modesty are ultimately more affecting than the tearful fights and reconciliations you might have expected.
One way or another, we're going to affect everybody's lives out there". Obviously, modesty is not one of Zanker's qualities.
