Example Sentences

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Her debut album, Early Twenties, was full of chatty self-interrogation and emotional candour, as Burns described falling in love, coming out to her family, and the social anxiety of her autism and ADHD.

From BBC • Oct. 30, 2025

For Kondo, what to get rid of and what to keep boiled down to a self-interrogation that was, on the surface, instinctual: “Does it spark joy?”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2025

What I hope people get out of watching the film is a real self-interrogation of what home means to them and what home means to society.

From Salon • Mar. 3, 2022

She hopes that her work not only helps Asian Americans feel recognized and acknowledged but also encourages readers of all ethnicities to practice self-interrogation.

From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021

At sundown the naked bulb overhead came on and beneath it I'd slump into a drama of my own self-interrogation.

From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos