| A stranger to false modesty and phony self-deprecation, her ego seemed both colossal and, in its artlessness, endearing. |
| But it is equally undeniable that it has nothing to do with false modesty, as has sometimes been suggested. |
| He is intelligent, engaging and nimbly treads the line between humility and false modesty. |
| It's not false modesty, but the viewing nation has had three solid months of me and now they need a break. |
| He hates to appear big-headed, but he knows that false modesty is equally odious. |
| The fact that he was in a national political debate, where it's all about false modesty and self-aggrandizement, made his acknowledgement all the more remarkable. |
