Sentence examples for faux modesty from inspiring English sources
He began with what sounded like faux modesty.
It is a nice piece of faux modesty, this picture of a bicycle in the snow.
"I already have two of these, but I'm feeling greedy," ran the provocative opening line of her acceptance speech, a quip which went down badly at a ceremony where faux modesty rules the day.
Asked, whether he'd found time, between basketball games, to check out the White House's famous bowling alley, he fluttered his eye lashes with faux modesty, shifted uneasily on the leather sofa, and declared: "I've been practising.
He likes to retweet abuse, correct grammar, brag about his followers, sometimes overtly ("I have 3.6m more followers than you… #MrPopular"), sometimes with faux modesty ("Wow. Just realised I have nearly a million more followers than @antanddec combined. #humbling").
While that once might have sounded like faux modesty, after "Pitch Perfect" it seems to be a solid career strategy.
"I believe I know this gentleman," the judge declared as Lee took his seat in court, only for our hero to summon all his faux-modesty and smile: "If you like music you might".
