self-scrutinizing
- a word derived from scrutinize.
Example Sentences
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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
A sensibility that seemed sweet, skeptical and self-scrutinizing may have been cruel, cynical and self-justifying all along.
From New York Times • Jan. 31, 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
Our self-esteem is apt to be based on the hypothetical great act we have never had occasion to perform; and even the most self-scrutinizing modesty credits itself negatively with a high standard of conduct.
From The Touchstone by Wharton, Edith
