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Recent Examples of introversion
Yai’s unexpected introversion is overshadowed by her strange and enchanting presence, much like the saturated floral aroma.
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Essence, 24 Apr. 2025
This, combined with the inherent nature of introversion, where socializing can be draining, makes the current landscape particularly taxing.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Apr. 2025
Contrary to popular belief, introversion isn't about shyness or social anxiety.
—Caroline Castrillon, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
And there are ways to square your natural introversion with the universal human need for connection.
—Olga Khazan, Vox, 11 Mar. 2025
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Essence, 24 Apr. 2025
This, combined with the inherent nature of introversion, where socializing can be draining, makes the current landscape particularly taxing.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Apr. 2025
Contrary to popular belief, introversion isn't about shyness or social anxiety.
—Caroline Castrillon, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
And there are ways to square your natural introversion with the universal human need for connection.
—Olga Khazan, Vox, 11 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for introversion
Recent Examples of Synonyms for introversion
- self-absorption
- self-analysis
- self-awareness
- introspection
- self-involvement
- self-recognition
- self-concern
- self-realization
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When Your Greatest Strength Becomes Your Weakness Confidence is essential in leadership, but there's a fine line between self-assurance and self-absorption.—
Isabelita Castilho,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
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His self-absorption, against the backdrop of such enormous loss, was particularly striking.—
Kevin Johnson,
USA Today,
20 Apr. 2025
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With a mind engaged in varied tasks, the time dedicated to art becomes sharper, less prone to the debilitating self-analysis that can derail artistic momentum.—
Kice Akkawi,
Rolling Stone,
16 June 2025
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Mills, a longtime associate of Fiona Apple, knows this territory well: the pointed self-analysis of an extremely sensitive person.—
Jenn Pelly,
Time,
7 June 2025
Noun
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Focusing on cultivating self-awareness regarding own values, belief systems and world views.—
Heather V. MacArthur,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
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Then, to have the self-awareness to cycle back to the man at 35, who learned to love himself and others while resisting temptations, was a masterful stroke in frank storytelling.—
Marcus K. Dowling,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
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Navigating the Shift Towards Conscious Leadership Go on the journey of introspection to build deep levels of self-awareness and accountability.—
Heather V. MacArthur,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
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Whatever its shortcomings, The Old Guard 2 is a better-than-average original streaming feature — well acted by a highly capable cast, peppered with enough action to satisfy most appetites, and underscored with a melancholy vein of introspection about the conflicted roles of superheroes.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
2 July 2025
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She’s played by an A-list celebrity — Cate Blanchett — operating in a city renowned for its self-involvement and privilege.—
Lorraine Ali,
Los Angeles Times,
28 June 2025
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The conceit and self-involvement of Isabella’s brother John is also dispatched effectively, not with aphorism but with his own words.—
Adelle Waldman,
New Yorker,
31 May 2025
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This film delves into his struggle with self-recognition, his passion for storytelling through art and his desire to spark wonder in those who encounter his work.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
25 June 2025
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My singing voice was as constant as my heartbeat, as unique as my fingerprints, as necessary to my self-recognition as seeing my face in the mirror.—
Greta Morgan
June 5,
Literary Hub,
5 June 2025
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How much genuine pathos, and how much savvy self-concern, expediency?—
Willing Davidson,
The New Yorker,
21 July 2024
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While our hearts might be able to bleed for billions of strangers at a time, our heads are often preoccupied with more local problems, and the 21st century has exacerbated that dissonance to the point that we’re all locked in a near-constant negotiation between empathy and self-concern.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
28 June 2024
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Even when characters get a moment of self-realization, Robert Horn and Kwame Kwei-Armah’s book, including sizeable chunks of the screenplay, replaces drama with platitudes or dialogue gags.—
David Benedict,
Variety,
24 June 2025
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But the director maintains a strong level of realistic tension, sticking to Camille’s side as the boy takes plenty of blows but dishes out plenty as well, jabbing his way towards a form of self-realization.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
17 May 2025
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“Introversion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/introversion. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.
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