self-same

Example Sentences

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Back at Ronnie Scott's the star swivels on her stool and eases into Carry On, one of those self-same kitchen compositions.

From BBC • Sep. 11, 2016

For Graham the area of dottiness is, perhaps predictably, the self-same one that motivated him to run.

From The Guardian • Dec. 21, 2015

The problem is, the language and metaphor of his narrative actually serves to reinforce the self-same fat shaming that the essay seemingly seeks to address.

From Salon • Mar. 24, 2014

Too mortified even for his signature nasal mucus-expulsion, he was harangued by the self-same Winterburn, prompting Bryan Robson to declare his joy in the triumph of "justice" in the pages of his 1989 Soccer Annual.

From The Guardian • Feb. 22, 2013

These were the self-same chickens Ruth May had chased around the house that very morning before church.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver