as in introspection
examination of one's own thoughts and feelings
after much soul-searching, they both realized that their marriage was essentially over
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Recent Examples of soul-searching
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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Tamerra Griffin,
New York Times,
2 June 2026
While three games hardly make a season, there seems to be some soul-searching needed in Dallas.
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Lawrence Dow,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 May 2026
Barnes met Imam in a moment of soul-searching.
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Emma Green,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2026
But thankfully, Mario (Chris Pratt) and Luigi (Charlie Day) are spared any such soul-searching.
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Lindsey Bahr,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for soul-searching
Tamerra Griffin,
New York Times,
2 June 2026
While three games hardly make a season, there seems to be some soul-searching needed in Dallas.
—
Lawrence Dow,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 May 2026
Barnes met Imam in a moment of soul-searching.
—
Emma Green,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2026
But thankfully, Mario (Chris Pratt) and Luigi (Charlie Day) are spared any such soul-searching.
—
Lindsey Bahr,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for soul-searching
Recent Examples of Synonyms for soul-searching
- introspection
- self-examination
- self-reflection
- self-searching
- self-questioning
- self-scrutiny
- contemplation
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That’s why introspection and self-knowledge are at the core of every spiritual and philosophical tradition—the drive not just to know the world but to know ourselves, with each layer of self-knowledge unlocking a deeper one.
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Your desire for solitude and introspection is strong during today’s Scorpio moon.
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When creating the novel, Akil was inspired by the collective interest in self-examination and the interior self.
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In fact, much of our technology is designed to distract us from, or worse, replace this loop of self-examination and improvement.
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Andy Sachs exemplifies an adaptive optimist, challenging norms and fostering open environments through self-reflection and curiosity.
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That friction is an opportunity for self-reflection.
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While there’s still some of the angst and self-searching of Girls, Too Much is classic odd-couple romcom.
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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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That may be too much heightened self-scrutiny.
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Trish and Dan Bell Chapel The Trish and Dan Bell Chapel will serve as a gathering place for worship, contemplation and spiritual strengthening at FIU.
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Many crude laughs were bolstered by the attached contemplation.
Cite this Entry
“Soul-searching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soul-searching. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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