old identity
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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And reversing that course and rediscovering some of their old identity may be as important as anything else for the Seahawks on Thursday.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 14, 2022
Watering the plant, as small an act as it was, connected me to a core part of my old identity and taught me I could still be a caregiver.
From Washington Post • Sep. 11, 2022
Yago pivots quickly and handily from his old identity — chiropractors are officially useless now — as if captivity had awakened something paternal, domestic, and even upbeat in him.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2022
"I think it's really important in that transition between young woman to mother that people are actually allowed to grieve the loss of their old identity."
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2019
Ben, it’s important to strip yourself of your old identity entirely, so you can commit yourself to a new one.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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