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
After real human curiosity is ignited in Phil’s blighted being, then comes room for actual humanity as he brings a forgotten soul to the selfsame counter for one bowl, then another, of soup.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 31, 2021
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
Cons: That selfsame old world jadedness can get depressing, if you think about it long enough.
From New York Times • Oct. 11, 2015
The land in the scopes’ view was all a blur of vegetation and selfsame coast.
From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.