Example Sentences

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Abramovich made his money after the fall of the Soviet Union by acquiring billions of dollars of oil and other Russian state assets via self-admittedly corrupt means.

From Washington Post • Mar. 8, 2022

“For me, as a general rule, I self-admittedly will get very much in my head. And David will just simply take the piss out of it and make me laugh,” Rave said.

From New York Times • Jun. 1, 2020

Street-smart, Achilles is also self-admittedly something of a coward.

From Washington Post • Mar. 28, 2018

Their scrappy and self-admittedly “ugly” robot Stinky impressed the judges by locating underwater objects, collecting samples and measuring distances in the water better than its competitors.

From Scientific American • Dec. 6, 2014

Camille Flammarion self-admittedly lives more in the heavens than on the earth.

From Time Magazine Archive