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
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 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
"I don't doubt that you have defeated the bravest knights in all Spain, but not Don Quixote de la Mancha," the selfsame said.
From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios
