Example Sentences

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It hurts because it always hurts to be shunned — but if it’s any consolation at all, it also really does seem to be about her derangement, not your unworthiness of courtesy.

From Washington Post • Mar. 9, 2023

“All those who see unworthiness when they look at me and are given thereby to denying me value — to you I say, ‘I’m not talking about being as good as you.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 7, 2022

“That’s what hopefully this movie is speaking to, that unworthiness we all go through.”

From New York Times • Dec. 22, 2021

He subsequently described his actions as self-sabotage, prompted by deep-rooted feelings of unworthiness.

From BBC • Nov. 2, 2021

We felt comfortable in our skins, enjoyed the news that our senses released to us, admired our dirt, cultivated our scars, and could not comprehend this unworthiness.

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison