Example Sentences

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It is a metaphor for how she internalizes the external gaze and starts self-objectifying.

From Salon • Apr. 18, 2025

Guided by previous research of spider brains, the scientists uncovered evidence of a "waste canal system" in the human brain that internalizes waste from healthy neurons.

From Science Daily • Dec. 3, 2024

“Jean-Baptiste plays a woman who doles out misery and also, crucially, internalizes it, giving the character a humanity and sadness that’s absolutely transcendent,” says Glenn Whipp.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2024

He only internalizes the doubt enough to let it fire him up.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 8, 2024

So in his family of origin man internalizes ideas of "right-wrong," "appropriate-inappropriate," "expected-unexpected."

From Humanistic Nursing by Paterson, Josephine G.