How to Use self-loathing in a Sentence
self-loathing
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The fifth song off the singer’s new album Guts is cheeky and steeped in self-loathing and paranoia.
—Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 7 Sep. 2023
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Two lonely and self-loathing strangers are seated in the tavern on a snowy evening.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 14 Nov. 2023
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But what haunts us all is a bit of the imposter syndrome, with a healthy dollop of fear and self-loathing.
—Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 June 2023
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Enough self-loathing over the pointless scrolling that robs endless hours, not to mention our self-respect.
—Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Mar. 2023
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Still, Michaelis’s feeling of guilt and self-loathing persisted.
—Laurie Udesky, USA TODAY, 6 May 2023
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The protagonist wants to run off to Africa and feels shame and self-loathing while trying to decide whether to let his child live or die.
—Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2023
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Isaac plays Davis as a couch-surfing, unlikable, self-loathing jerk.
—Tim Moffatt, EW.com, 26 Jan. 2024
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So why don’t these millions of supposedly self-loathing motorists make the jump?
—Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 17 Dec. 2023
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But that self-involvement, for lack of a better word, doesn’t collapse into self-loathing.
—Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 18 June 2023
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Other readers, though, saw Tomine’s protagonist not as a truth-teller but as an archetype of self-loathing.
—Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2023
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Some of Swift's best work comes from her self-deprecating moods, and this track, with its self-loathing but super catchy lyrics, is no exception.
—Seija Rankin, EW.com, 17 Apr. 2024
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This might get tiresome — a heavy-handed dose of reflexive self-loathing — except the curators don’t follow through on the idea.
—Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 18 Jan. 2024
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He was consumed with self-loathing, convinced his own family wanted nothing to do with him.
—Molly Ball, Time, 20 July 2023
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Now is the time Hollywood is selling American self-loathing.
—Armond White, National Review, 13 Mar. 2024
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But his self-loathing, barely contained by endless stacks of folders, is extreme and heartrending.
—Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Apr. 2023
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Issues: Depression, anger, self-loathing Root cause: When Clare was 22 her mother died from cancer.
—Hugh Hart, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2023
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But also, what is the honest truth in this moment is that her love is very complex and fraught with a kind of loathing and a self-loathing as well for feeling those feelings, and a frustration.
—Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Apr. 2023
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This drinking part may also come into contact with a self-critical or self-loathing part that wants to control the drinking.
—Laura Newberry, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2023
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But falling into a self-loathing joyless trap about girl dinner is annoying, too.
—Jocelyn Silver, Vogue, 25 July 2023
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McNeil: Patrick’s self-loathing comes from his inability to get over emotional burdens.
—Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Feb. 2024
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There are elements of a stand-up and a magician to the character, and Martin burrows into the guy’s self-loathing in ways that feel like the actor is exorcizing something out of himself.
—Will Leitch, Vulture, 29 Mar. 2024
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On the back, where our negative feelings lie: newsprint black X’s Band-Aids pencil shavings magazine photographs of women’s bodies heads ripped off all our self-loathing.
—Jennifer Gilmore, Harper’s Magazine , 13 Mar. 2023
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George, on the other hand, was a delightful, thrilling roller-coaster ride of fun and games, self-laceration and self-loathing, but nevertheless with a happyish ending.
—New York Times, 28 Sep. 2023
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For Lee, there was never a doubt that Wong could pull off the complicated character of Amy, whose enviably perfect exterior masks a void of self-loathing and despair.
—Rebecca Sun, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Mar. 2023
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Although in fairness, a big part of journalism is trying to balance arrogance, doubt and self-loathing and channeling the incongruity into your work.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 11 Mar. 2024
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Lynch is nuanced enough to make Frank a memorably self-loathing villain instead of a one-note stooge, which ultimately makes the show more rewarding as a drama than as comedy.
—Chris Klimek, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2024
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But there is also something incredibly cathartic about watching a stellar performer like Hahn work though boatloads of grief and self-loathing onscreen.
—Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2023
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Lyrically, Sivan manages to be earnest and self-aware, without descending into bitterness or self-loathing.
—Tim Chan, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2023
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The immense self-loathing with which the record introduces itself finds no clear resolution by the end, despite many allusions on otherwise-peppy songs.
—Clayton Purdom, Rolling Stone, 24 July 2023
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But the writings, alternately self-aggrandizing and self-loathing, stop short of answering why a man who seethed for at least 10 years finally exploded this month.
—Silvia Foster-Frau, Washington Post, 12 May 2023
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