Example Sentences

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Mr. Smith’s goal was to build a black association that was “self-governed, self-maintained, self-driven.”

From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2019

Epileptic seizures—hypersynchronized, self-maintained neural discharges that can sometimes engulf the entire brain—are a common neurological disorder.

From Scientific American • Apr. 4, 2011

The equipment is good, but only because it's fairly new and is robotically self-maintained.

From The Universe — or Nothing by Moldeven, Meyer

The dignity of such a legislator will be self-maintained, and lasting.

From The Stranger in France or, a Tour from Devonshire to Paris Illustrated by Engravings in Aqua Tint of Sketches Taken on the Spot. by Carr, John, Sir