How to Use self-aware in a Sentence

self-aware

adjective
  • By far the most playful and self-aware entry in the stop canon.
    Jessica Gentile, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2023
  • So there were tenfold more self-aware lines than what’s in the movie.
    Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Dec. 2023
  • And some of them will be self-aware call-outs to the history of the Fox X-Men movies.
    EW.com, 2 July 2024
  • This is one group of items where being self-aware will pay off.
    Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 7 Sep. 2024
  • The game is deeply self-aware and packed with crypto Easter eggs.
    Jeff Wilser, WIRED, 1 Aug. 2024
  • This is the kind of self-aware fan fodder that, in lesser films, might feel tired.
    Stephanie Burt, The New Yorker, 14 June 2023
  • The Internet seemed to take to the ironic and self-aware tone of Barbie.
    Paige Hagy, Fortune, 25 July 2023
  • And Spears is more self-aware than most have given her credit for over the years.
    TIME, 20 Oct. 2023
  • So, no sentience; the AI bots have not become self-aware.
    Reece Rogers, WIRED, 2 Oct. 2024
  • The kind of thing other celebrities might hide away (or refuse to own in the first place), these are kitschy, fun, and self-aware.
    Angela Serratore, Curbed, 3 Nov. 2023
  • Are there any good strategies for being more self-aware in the moment?
    Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2024
  • The show is also self-aware enough to zing a certain over-the-topness inherent in the genre.
    Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2024
  • Rob Lowe's son John Owen Lowe is a self-aware nepotism baby.
    Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 14 Mar. 2023
  • As on much of the album, Grande is self-aware enough to figure out her own role in the drama and adds a valuable touch to the song.
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Massachusetts Catholic, lawyer with a lean-in vibe, but self-aware about it—the right kind of person for him.
    Ellyn Gaydos, Harper's Magazine, 25 June 2024
  • The borderline hypocrisy plays as more self-serving than self-aware.
    Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Sep. 2024
  • Come out the other side more self-aware, infinitely stronger, and ready to go.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
  • And not just self-aware, but aware of the bigger picture surrounding the issue.
    Jessica Passman, Rolling Stone, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Be self-aware — or else others might need to wake you up from your obsession.
    Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Think slightly goofy and somewhat self-aware about the silliness of the whole endeavor.
    Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
  • The obvious answer is that men will need to become more self-aware.
    Laura Newberry, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2023
  • The actor has been on a (self-aware) apology tour ever since.
    Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 24 July 2024
  • The person who is rebounding needs to be two things: self-aware and willing to put in the emotional work to leave their past in the past.
    Megan Schaltegger, Women's Health, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Before they’re asked to leave, though, directors can also be self-aware enough to know when to quit.
    Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2023
  • And then have director Max Minghella mix it all up into a 100-minute self-aware genre and genre-bending mashup of the scary, the thrilling, the funny, and the wild.
    Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Sep. 2024
  • Well’s most forthright (and self-aware) lyrics about being distracted by the shiny trappings of fame.
    Liam Hess, Vogue, 16 Mar. 2024
  • The final ingredient is a self-aware sense of humor that Britons love.
    Rory Smith, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2023
  • Research shows that bees are self-aware and may even have a primitive form of consciousness.
    Stephen Buchmann, The Conversation, 17 May 2023
  • Hinton is careful to say in public statements that AI is not self-aware, as humans are.
    Paolo Confino, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2024
  • But few people, if any, are perfectly self-aware — which is why Taylor himself constantly works to get a better sense of his own strengths and weaknesses.
    Alex Koller, CNBC, 16 Dec. 2024

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