self-styled
Example Sentences
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The king's daughter Princess Märtha Louise initially married a Norwegian writer before controversially remarrying in 2024 to an American self-styled shaman.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
Mayor Zohran Mamdani, the self-styled man of the people, is looking the other way.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
The self-styled intergalactic space warrior - who finished second to Nigel Farage in the Clacton by-election - is the alter ego of comedian Jon Harvey.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
The first time he decided to trash one of the cameras, a self-styled vigilante wearing all black and known as Nomark says he was "super nervous."
From Barron's ● Aug. 9, 2026
The Lyseni was a smuggler himself, as well as a trader, a banker, a notorious pirate, and the self-styled Prince of the Narrow Sea.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
