Example Sentences

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The director is, self-confessedly, prone to living above his means.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2016

It’s self-confessedly fake; that is the nature of the form, which is about people who don’t exist and events that didn’t happen.

From Time • Sep. 14, 2016

John Wright After his retirement in 1993, Wright worked in sales for around two years - self-confessedly without great success.

From The Guardian • Feb. 17, 2011

Which he doesn't mind, as he is self-confessedly vain, but which he does mind, because he's vain.

From The Guardian • Mar. 28, 2010

It is, therefore, self-confessedly full of doubts, errors and confusion; in short, empirical—and necessarily, a failure.

From Nature Cure by Lindlahr, Henry