How to Use self-examination in a Sentence
self-examination
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Ladies, check this as your reminder to do the self-examination in the shower.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 3 July 2024
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But Travis Scott isn’t an artist known for deep self-examination either.
—Hazlitt, 23 Aug. 2023
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With Scorpio season in full force, this time of the year encourages us to do deep self-examination to face our shadow sides.
—Kyle Thomas, People.com, 27 Oct. 2024
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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
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This will help in being able to detect changes during breast self-examinations.
—Gabrielle Rockson, Peoplemag, 15 Mar. 2024
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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
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Deep self-examination doesn’t always come easy to hard-charging CEOs.
—Bygeoff Colvin, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2023
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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
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Hopefully, this conversation will be a wakeup call for your friend and prompt her to do some self-examination.
—R. Eric Thomas, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
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Discipline and self-examination are the cornerstones of Kipchoge’s approach both to sport and life.
—John Powers, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Apr. 2023
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It's not been easy and has taken significant work and self-examination.
—Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 22 June 2023
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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
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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
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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
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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
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The issue is around the media’s absence of self-examination about its actions in 2016, and its lack of candid discussion around whether Clinton deserved similar caution.
—Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2024
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At once a tribute to the bygone movie palaces of his hometown of Recife, and an introspective self-examination focused on his relationship with film, this evocative documentary is a must-see for all cinephiles.
—Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
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The self-examination that question sparks in Rebecca is a fascinatingly rich one that deals with notions like consent, personal boundaries and abuse of power.
—Tomris Laffly, Variety, 26 Jan. 2025
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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
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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
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This complicated story provides a unique tradition that anchors the institution of the Catholic Church, but can also block the church from critical self-examination and renewal.
—Daniel Speed Thompson, The Conversation, 3 Mar. 2025
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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
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For readers of a certain age, these passages, which capture a romantic longing that is adolescent in its intensity, will provoke self-examination.
—Christine Smallwood, Vulture, 6 May 2024
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Under the guidance of their trainers, athletes undergo self-examination and trial-and-error strategies for improvement.
—Janine Schindler, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
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Wondering what would happen if those same tools were used for self-examination, the author sifted through personal data to uncover meaningful insights to plan a course of action toward more joyful and fulfilling years.
—Roxsy Lin, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2025
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Gilbert's self-examination on teen violence continued this week with questions about doxing and teen curfew hours during a special town subcommittee forum.
—Maritza Dominguez, The Arizona Republic, 29 Feb. 2024
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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
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Exploration fosters self-examination under the Scorpio new moon.
—USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
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While adult women may understand clearly the need for self-examination and regular mammograms, the Pink Jet’s striking hot magenta-and-bubblegum paint scheme connects with an equally important segment—girls in their elementary and preteen years.
—Julie Boatman, Robb Report, 29 Oct. 2024
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Many detected it themselves, either through self-examination (25%) or by accident (18%), for example, when applying deodorant or shaving their armpits.
—Kylie Gilbert, Glamour, 22 Mar. 2024
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