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
He had a short-lived sitcom on MTV, “Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous,” about a teen-ager who films his own reality show, and toured increasingly complex and self-scrutinizing one-man shows.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 25, 2018
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
Then she drew it back, and half closed her eyes in self-scrutinizing thought.
From The Daughters of Danaus by Mona Caird
