Example Sentences

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Theoretically, any organism with a continual supply of energy, a sufficient capacity for self-maintenance and repair and the good fortune to evade all environmental hazards could survive until the end of the universe.

From New York Times • Apr. 28, 2021

And millions of us have forgone rituals of self-maintenance we once thought indispensable — from haircuts to manicures, facials and beyond.

From New York Times • Dec. 22, 2020

Her album-making had grown increasingly complex, especially with her savvy exploration of women’s labors of self-maintenance on Platinum.

From Slate • Dec. 28, 2016

The amount of self-maintenance that went into making a film like this was really extensive, and I have a profound new level of empathy and compassion for what women go through.

From Time • Jun. 30, 2015

Before this they were doubtless the equals of any non-slaveholding tribe in self-maintenance.

From The Brothers' War by Reed, John Calvin