Example Sentences

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But his epiphany is also a moment of self-reckoning, as his oldest friendship - and his own unexamined past - are revealed in a devastating new light.

From BBC • Dec. 27, 2021

But an artist’s cinematic self-reckoning is another story, one that often thrives in that narrative limbo between truth and fiction — and also, as “Hope and Glory” brilliantly demonstrated, between extreme peril and gentle whimsy.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 11, 2021

As yet, however, no dates have been scheduled in Canada , where both Beagan and Blood feel a serious self-reckoning needs to take place.

From The Guardian • Jul. 29, 2019

“Ball Four” becomes, in these moments, a book of poignant self-reckoning and a love story about baseball itself.

From Washington Post • Jul. 10, 2019

Ball Four” becomes, in these moments, a book of poignant self-reckoning and a love story about baseball itself.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 10, 2019