Example Sentences

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How exactly the flesh and blood of our brain is able to formulate an aware, self-examining mind capable of critical thought remains a mystery.

From Scientific American • Feb. 1, 2022

This week, Ariana Grande will attempt to follow that path with her ambitious, self-examining pop songs.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2019

For Jay-Z, the acceptance of his recession from his peak began with last year’s “4:44,” a moody, raw album from an artist who’d long been self-examining, but rarely made it central to his public persona.

From New York Times • Jul. 12, 2018

This particular relic was always one of the most relentlessly self-examining of those lumbering gods, and he spends as much time tarnishing his silver here as varnishing it.

From Slate • Sep. 27, 2016

The cowl of the holy man was thrown back, exposing his mortified lineaments and his self-examining eye to those around.

From The Bravo by Cooper, James Fenimore