self

Example Sentences

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Industry experts say that Kimwolf today is a shadow of its former self.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Such companies are, economically, in the transformation business, where they guide customers from who they are today to what they desire to become across some aspect of self.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026

No one should ever be above skepticism no matter how sanctified and righteous they may seem — that’s why the New York Times investigation crashed into the Chicano collective sense of self like a meteor.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

Turning down the volume on legalism lets us enter the interior experience of the season—helping it become a space for the encounter of God and the self.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

And then this money came only to me: not to me and a rejoicing family, but to my isolated self.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë