as in soul-searching
examination of one's own thoughts and feelings
not a man given to introspection, he grew impatient with his wife's constant need to discuss their relationship
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Recent Examples of introspection
The Dirty Beaches founder’s own saxophone and trumpet lead the players’ cut-and-pasted recordings down dark alleys of decay and introspection, backdropped by percussive bangs and scrapes that suggest the construction of some great, mysterious superstructure.
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Hattie Lindert,
Pitchfork,
19 June 2026
The moment caused a lot of heartbreak, but also introspection.
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Jessica Tzikas,
Sun Sentinel,
18 June 2026
As a ritual romanticized for generations as one of the most significant events of a person’s life, the modern wedding tends to provoke a nebulous kind of introspection separating it from its most notable counterparts.
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Bobby Finger
june 16,
Literary Hub,
16 June 2026
This brand of builder has a high tolerance for risk and isn’t afraid to list having empathy or self-introspection as vulnerabilities.
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Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
10 June 2026
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Hattie Lindert,
Pitchfork,
19 June 2026
The moment caused a lot of heartbreak, but also introspection.
—
Jessica Tzikas,
Sun Sentinel,
18 June 2026
As a ritual romanticized for generations as one of the most significant events of a person’s life, the modern wedding tends to provoke a nebulous kind of introspection separating it from its most notable counterparts.
—
Bobby Finger
june 16,
Literary Hub,
16 June 2026
This brand of builder has a high tolerance for risk and isn’t afraid to list having empathy or self-introspection as vulnerabilities.
—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
10 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for introspection
Recent Examples of Synonyms for introspection
- soul-searching
- self-reflection
- self-examination
- contemplation
- self-observation
- self-scrutiny
- self-questioning
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Denver has been able to maintain that opening-weekend excitement and are just out of the playoff picture, while Boston has some soul-searching to do.
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My advice is to do this soul-searching first, then dive into as much relevant data as possible.
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But also very enlightening and [a] profound time of self-reflection and fear, processing and meditation.
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Miraval has long encouraged guests to limit or even forego their use of digital devices as a way of enhancing awareness of one’s surroundings and allowing moments for self-reflection and personal growth.
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His early, anonymous SoundCloud drops were hushed and hesitant, a shroud of tape hiss and white noise between himself and true self-examination.
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Macy’s was notorious in its industry for how siloed its teams and culture were, characteristics that impeded prior turnaround efforts until Spring, CEO since 2024, instilled a culture of self-examination and an ability to admit mistakes before quickly moving on.
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Its challenges require active engagement, not passive contemplation.
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Sterman, after much contemplation, decided to use natives but didn’t develop a detailed plan.
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The purpose of this exercise is not to match your paradigm perfectly but to give you a thematic lens for self-observation.
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There are three invitations leaders can offer their direct reports: Play with the technology as a tool for self-observation.
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People committed to covenant cannot lose the capacity for moral self-scrutiny.
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That may be too much heightened self-scrutiny.
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This majestic sequence delivers a lifetime’s outpouring of love’s inadequacies and frustrations, of grief and regret, of gratitude along with candid acceptance of loss, and of self-questioning that never shakes the foundations of the family—her ferocious commitment to the children.
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After long periods of grief, reflection and painful self-questioning, most of the families interviewed by The Charlotte Observer no longer seem interested in reducing their children’s deaths to any one thing.
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“Introspection.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/introspection. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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