self

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

It moved social media’s focus from what you did to what you’re doing, Begg said, ultimately leading to the more performative and more taxing relationship many young people have with their online selves today.

From The Wall Street Journal

I thought of what the travel writer Aatish Taseer wrote in his book, “A Return to Self,” about revisiting Istanbul, “the perfectly preserved repository of the hopes, ambitions and confusions of my twenty-five-year-old self.”

From The Wall Street Journal

“You endured fear, confusion, humiliation, and the exhaustion of trying to love someone who was at times, unrecognizable. Looking back, I became detached from my true self.”

From Los Angeles Times

How one minute Tom was his regular self and the next minute he was someone else.

From Literature

The only person I compare myself to is my younger self.

From Los Angeles Times