Example Sentences

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She and I were so similar that whatever self-doubt or self-hate she had, she seemed to put it on me.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025

There was some internal kind of self-hate, cultural hate in some ways.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2024

"It shows the deep self-hate that we as black South Africans carry with us."

From BBC • Aug. 2, 2024

“I was able to process a lot of self-hate and shame that I felt around my body, and nudity in particular,” she says.

From New York Times • May 16, 2023

I trudge down the stairs for breakfast, trying to stomp out the self-hate and the doubt.

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed