self-worth
Example Sentences
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She told jurors that her near-constant social media use "really affected my self-worth," saying the apps led her to abandon hobbies, struggle to make friends and constantly measure herself against others.
From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026
Instead, they got an unexpected finale, Mikrokosmos, from 2019 - a tender rumination on self-worth and hope.
From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026
If you uncouple your net worth from your self-worth, navigating finances becomes less sensitive.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 7, 2026
She found that those whose identities and self-worth were most tightly coupled to the business had the hardest time coping with failure.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 3, 2025
Music expresses children’s identity and heritage, teaches them to belong to a culture, and develops their cognitive well-being and inner self-worth.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
