introspection

Example Sentences

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For all his introspection, Dunk wrongfully justifies his own survival as a transaction — a king-to-be traded for a commoner.

From Salon • Feb. 25, 2026

A droll moment of introspection is offered when Gordon disfigures his face with tape.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026

Raducanu has just suffered one of the most demoralising Grand Slam defeats of her career, mitigated by an off-season beset by a foot injury, with seemingly more introspection about where she is heading.

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026

Ms. Smith, by contrast, was less about shock and volume and more concerned with merging introspection, darkness and poetry.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025

She emptied and sluiced the bedpans, swept and polished floors, made cocoa and Bovril, fetched and carried—and was delivered from introspection.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan