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But it was Jason Segel’s self-exhibition in 2008’s hit comedy Forgetting Sarah Marshall, another Apatow production, that took the lion’s share of the glory.

From Slate • Aug. 15, 2019

The career which leads to cabinet office is a career of self-exhibition.

From Congressional Government A Study in American Politics by Wilson, Woodrow

Together with this must be reckoned a motive seldom absent from human endeavour, the desire for self-exhibition, self-enhancement.

From Ancient Art and Ritual by Harrison, Jane Ellen

Even after her two years' service she shrank from personalities and from self-exhibition.

From Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color by Matthews, Brander

It was at this moment that Wodehouse came lounging in, with his cigar appearing in the midst of his beard, and a curious look of self-exhibition and demonstration in his general aspect.

From The Perpetual Curate by Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret)