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Recent Examples of self-doubt
There’s no room for self-doubt.
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Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Jan. 2026
Virgil Throckmorton has no self-doubt about his morality.
—Dan Heching, CNN Money, 20 Jan. 2026
Relentless self-doubt with a cognitive emphasis, rather than emotional fixation, preserves the tentativeness of beliefs and also avoids the dangers of premature closure.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 17 Jan. 2026
Over time, this creates chronic stress, self-doubt and emotional contraction.
—Rabbi Bruce D. Forman, Sun Sentinel, 13 Jan. 2026
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Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Jan. 2026
Virgil Throckmorton has no self-doubt about his morality.
—Dan Heching, CNN Money, 20 Jan. 2026
Relentless self-doubt with a cognitive emphasis, rather than emotional fixation, preserves the tentativeness of beliefs and also avoids the dangers of premature closure.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 17 Jan. 2026
Over time, this creates chronic stress, self-doubt and emotional contraction.
—Rabbi Bruce D. Forman, Sun Sentinel, 13 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for self-doubt
Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-doubt
Noun
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California educates a disproportionate share of children experiencing housing insecurity.—
Jill Stegman,
Mercury News,
5 Feb. 2026
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Along the way, an OnlyFans star and a father of five put their bodies—and their insecurities—on the line.—
Mia Galuppo,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Feb. 2026
Noun
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And that eye could see past Dorothy’s drab uniform and Cindy Brady pigtails, her tall girl’s diffidence and her sweet girl’s shyness, to the bombshell smoldering underneath.—
Lili Anolik,
Vanity Fair,
12 Jan. 2026
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There are no speakers in the songs of MJ Lenderman other than MJ Lenderman, whose diffidence and exhaustion are in all-too-perfect lockstep with the psychic frustrations of his listeners.—
Armin Rosen,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Self-doubt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-doubt. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.
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