Example Sentences

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How could any self-respecting avant-gardist miss the message?

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

It was the only decision any self-respecting boxer of Álvarez’s caliber could have made, surprising only Paul, last seen trading punches with 58-year-old Mike Tyson while netting a gate of $18,117,072.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2025

The book highlights a list of kitchen essentials that every self-respecting Southerner should have in their pantry.

From Salon • Feb. 2, 2025

Like many a self-respecting tween, Melody Brooks has a thing or two to say about this and that, and a need to be heard.

From New York Times • Nov. 21, 2024

Around the camp, Coach Hedge had rigged all sorts of trip wires, snares and oversized mousetraps that wouldn’t stop any self-respecting monster, but they might very well bring down a senior citizen.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan