soul-searching
Example Sentences
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As in Vietnam, larger questions about the impact of war on military readiness accompanied veterans’ soul-searching.
From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026
And there are plenty to choose from, plenty of dark nights, plenty of embarrassment, plenty of soul-searching over many years.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Looking back, he gained a foothold in mainstream politics only because of the humiliating defeat of Kamala Harris, and the soul-searching that followed.
From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2026
There’s no point in engaging with a debt-management company in order to get rid of this $35,000 if you don’t do some serious soul-searching about how you got into this hole in the first place.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
As you can probably tell, after a lot of soul-searching I decided to give up my short experiment with being a vegetarian.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
