selves

[ selvz ]

/ sɛlvz /

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noun

the plural of self.

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Words nearby selves

selsyn, sel-sync, seltzer, selva, selvage, selves, Selye, Selznick, Sem, semainier, semaise

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How to use selves in a sentence

We can also begin to plan our wardrobes to match our new and improved selves.
What, and Who, You'll Be Wearing in 2015|Justin Jones|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Branch helped women feel beautiful by encouraging them to embrace their natural selves as she had.
Goodbye To A Natural Hair Guru: Miss Jessie's Cofounder Titi Branch Dead At 45|Danielle Belton|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But The Pinkprint gives little consideration to the gulf between her various musical selves.
Nicki Minaj Bares Her Own Vulnerability on ‘The Pinkprint’|Rawiya Kameir|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
His Strokes have gone through a brief split, only to emerge as somewhat of a shell of their former selves.
Julian Casablancas Enters the Void: On the Strokes’ Friction, Why He Left NYC, and Starting Over|Marlow Stern|October 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST

“There is a simple solution to save us from our worst selves: Get rid of reclining seats,” opined CNN commentator Maria Cardona.
Solution to Seat Rage: No More Reclining|Will Doig|September 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
We neuer tooke any of them our selves, but sometime eate of such as the inhabitants had taken & brought vnto vs.
A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land Of Virginia, 1590|Thomas Hariot
No sooner did he say the word than he and the Weasel found them-selves standing before the open door of a nice little house.
The King of Ireland's Son|Padraic Colum
They looked strangely pale and clean and tidy beside our patched and soiled and sunburnt selves.
In the Ranks of the C.I.V.|Erskine Childers
There are many who must die in ignorance of their Father in heaven, because they will not of their own selves judge what is right.
There and Back|George MacDonald
Very naturally they reveal to him their best selves, and, true to Christian charity and training, he sees the best in everyone.
The Minister and the Boy|Allan Hoben

British Dictionary definitions for selves

selves

/ (sɛlvz) /

noun

the plural of self
(in combination)ourselves; yourselves; themselves

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