self-prescribed
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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I’ve been reading and watching interviews with Koch as a kind of balm, a self-prescribed alternative to inspirational Instagram quotes decorated with illustrations of flowers and birds.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 8, 2020
She remains a patient herself, and it’s not unusual for her to begin the day with a self-prescribed 500-milligram candy bar.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 9, 2016
Even if my self-prescribed “lore patch,” it probably is story that needs to be the greater focus over lore, as it’s what the game lacks more than anything.
From Forbes ● Feb. 15, 2015
By best estimates, $350 million will go for vitamin supplements, mostly self-prescribed and not needed, and $150 million for equally unnecessary laxatives.
From Time Magazine Archive
He had a lofty sense of his personal duty and responsibility; and if ever, or in anything, he fell short of his self-prescribed standard he would, so to say, whip himself with cords.
From War Letters of a Public-School Boy by Jones, Henry Paul Mainwaring
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