soul-searching

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Recent Examples of soul-searching Engage in a bit of soul-searching. Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2025 This whole last year has been a year of soul-searching. David Chiu, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025 Peterson’s messages about masculinity have found an audience among young men seeking direction and prompted soul-searching among Christian podcasting pastors. Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025 But Black Wednesday also sparked deeper soul-searching. Kyle Westaway, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for soul-searching
Recent Examples of Synonyms for soul-searching
Noun
  • Part comedy show, part profound introspection into the furthest depths of grief and loss, Kayne’s Sorry for Your Loss premieres March 27, 2026.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Six-year-old Misha’s playful hunt for a phantom spy unfolds against the quiet unease of Soviet adulthood, blending innocence with historical introspection.
    Essie Assibu, Variety, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Mother’s turbulent self-examination is incited by the revelation of Sister Agnieszka’s pregnancy in the film’s first Act.
    Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 27 Aug. 2025
  • This disciplined self-examination is the foundation for refining skills and advancing toward mastery.
    Richard Menger MD MPA, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • In a moment of rare institutional self-reflection, Powell conceded that the Fed kept its balance sheet expansion going too long during the pandemic.
    Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Learn about yourself And third, do some self-reflection and get to know all of the parts of yourself.
    Jane Marie Chen, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • But such athletic excess is part of what makes this album admirable, as is a sense of spiritual and intellectual hunger that’ll be quickly recognizable to anyone familiar with the Ziggy Stardust/Zen Arcade/Tommy school of self-searching rock epic.
    Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 2 May 2025
  • One of many things the culture lost with Lennon’s death was his rare example as a burgeoning and often self-searching male feminist, serving as a role model for men looking to take account of their behavior.
    Jon Pareles, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • But users can instruct it to be tentative, hesitant, self-questioning or even deliberately clumsy.
    Chris Reed, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • That may be too much heightened self-scrutiny.
    Bryan Price, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • In a foundational study, it was found that companies professing a strong belief in meritocracy were more likely to reward men over equally performing women because the belief in objectivity ironically reduces self-scrutiny in decisions, giving managers subconscious permission to act on stereotypes.
    Heather Price, Forbes.com, 30 July 2025
Noun
  • The latest exhibit at Marquette's free Haggerty Museum of Art combines abstract pieces and spiritual contemplation.
    Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 13 Oct. 2025
  • This is coming after a period of rest, contemplation, and confusion about where your life is headed.
    Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2025

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“Soul-searching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soul-searching. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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