selves
Example Sentences
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But these young people were really watching each other bloom as they tried on different selves.
Steinem writes, “This book will help us to discover our adventurous true selves. … We are atoms whirling in place, affected by and affecting those near and far from where we are.”
From Los Angeles Times
The author found that giving each of her separate selves their own turn meant that she could give 100% to work and 100% to home—just not simultaneously.
After a first trophyless season in eight years, a refreshed City look more like their old selves.
From Barron's
Though Newcastle players technically covered more distance - 116.85km in all - they did not look their usual intense selves after Murphy gave them an early lead.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
