How to Use self-examination in a Sentence

self-examination

noun
  • But Travis Scott isn’t an artist known for deep self-examination either.
    Hazlitt, 23 Aug. 2023
  • On the other hand, the season ended poorly, with Bickerstaff and the Cavs underachieving in the first round -- a result that took weeks to get over and led to self-examination.
    Chris Fedor, cleveland, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Readers will be most moved by Liu’s humility in his constant learning of the craft of social protest and his many moral self-examinations.
    Foreign Affairs, 24 Oct. 2023
  • Deep self-examination doesn’t always come easy to hard-charging CEOs.
    Bygeoff Colvin, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2023
  • On the 30th, the full moon in fellow water sign Pisces brings a rare opportunity for self-examination and release.
    Jacqueline Tempera, Women's Health, 31 July 2023
  • Discipline and self-examination are the cornerstones of Kipchoge’s approach both to sport and life.
    John Powers, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Apr. 2023
  • It's not been easy and has taken significant work and self-examination.
    Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 22 June 2023
  • There’s a lot of self-examination in this season in particular about Dave’s relationship to his fans.
    Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 27 Apr. 2023
  • And Kenyatta, so dedicated to action and self-examination, has made no allowance for the profound damage done to his daughter by his absence.
    Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 22 Feb. 2024
  • For that matter, much of what has happened to everyone at this point, and what happens in these two episodes, is a result of various characters attempting self-examination.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 17 Apr. 2023
  • Women should regularly perform a self-examination to look and feel for any changes or symptoms related to breast cancer.
    Lauren J. Mapp, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Protestants have to find their own way to God’s blessing, through self-examination, public testimony, and the performance of actions that demonstrate impeccable virtue.
    Ian Buruma, Harper's Magazine, 2 June 2023
  • After a Bengali interpreter who works with asylum seekers in Paris is charged with assaulting a refugee, her resulting self-examination lays bare the callousness of France’s asylum system.
    New York Times, 19 July 2023
  • Claire Dederer has expanded her essay into a broad and fascinating study of the issue, and also a radical self-examination that is highly valuable.
    Nina MacLaughlin, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Good Morning America host Robin Roberts shared her breast cancer diagnosis in 2007 after discovering a lump during a self-examination.
    Dominique Fluker, Essence, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Medical professionals also encourage routine self-examinations.
    Eleanor McCrary, The Courier-Journal, 26 Jan. 2024

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