selfsame

Example Sentences

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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 the views, while spectacular, were marred by teeming people, jabbering away, taking selfies, staring at those selfsame selfies instead of staring at Half Dome, the valley, the falls.

From Washington Post • Apr. 25, 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

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