selfsame
Example Sentences
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One contestant on “The Exhibit,” Baseera Khan, had a solo show at that selfsame institution during filming.
From New York Times • Apr. 5, 2023
A little roughed-up, a little damp, but the selfsame sand.
From Washington Post • Jan. 11, 2023
Instead of reflection on that point, we have to grapple with the fact that it comes from the selfsame jurists who see every critique of their own conduct as intolerable.
From Slate • Dec. 5, 2022
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
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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