selfsame

Example Sentences

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“Stared at as closely and keenly as possible,” Dillon writes, “even the most elegant, precise or selfsame forms are revealed as monsters.”

From Washington Post • Apr. 20, 2023

And one of the editors was John Curtice, whose exit poll this evening now poses that selfsame question once again, nearly 30 years on.

From The Guardian • Dec. 12, 2019

And in newsrooms across the country, keyboards clicking, phones buzzing, news gathering, fact checking, as a grieving family meets its calling to safeguard and empower that selfsame freedom.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 5, 2018

Angered, the football gods saw to it that the Broncos’ season ended with an embarrassing first-round playoff collapse before those selfsame home fans.

From New York Times • Nov. 10, 2015

She married soon thereafter, the selfsame man who accused her of sublimity, and gave him merry hell for many years.

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman