scrutinize
verb (used with object)
to examine in detail with careful or critical attention.
self-scrutinizing
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a word derived from
scrutinize.
Example Sentences
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It’s rigorously self-scrutinizing, dryly self-mocking, fairly stunned — somehow both unsentimental and consumed with love.
From New York Times ● Nov. 2, 2022
In a series of hourslong interviews for this story, Mr. Eagan was thoughtful, funny and self-scrutinizing, with an appealing lack of pretense.
From New York Times ● Mar. 13, 2019
And while Lamar does plenty of self-scrutinizing in his lyrics, he often comes across as an artist weighed down by the burden of his own greatness.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 21, 2015
Today, in our self-scrutinizing, liberated time, these categories have got scrambled, and distinguishing between a charmingly revealing Instagram post and a bomb of oversharing requires daunting feats of judgment.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 9, 2015
Selma listened to him with a tense face, her hands clasped before her in the guise of an interested and self-scrutinizing spirit.
From Unleavened Bread by Robert Grant
