second self

Example Sentences

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Mr Davies said that Ms Beal introduced a "second self" in the journals, who she called Tulip 22, "who is capable of wholly different and darker conduct than her public persona of committed teacher."

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2024

Kirabo is lucky, the witch insists, because the second self is the nature of the “first woman,” which most women no longer possess.

From New York Times • Sep. 1, 2020

In time, Jollett finds that music provides a healthier opportunity to create a second self.

From Washington Post • May 29, 2020

Sarah Koenig was both the first great star and first great character of a fledgling medium, an amateur PI who became her listeners’ second self.

From Slate • Aug. 11, 2019

The peculiar cross-plays of sentiment were noticed by everybody—the King against his second self, and Gareth against his own brothers.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White