How to Use self-image in a Sentence

self-image

noun
  • The moons connection to Jupiter is a boon for your self-image.
    USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2023
  • The lengths to which Carlson will go in service to his own self-image never cease to amaze me.
    Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Perhaps his self-image was colored by that sense of not quite being the son that his dad wanted.
    Rob Tannenbaum, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2023
  • The actress has also publicly spoken out about how her style and self-image have adapted with age in a 2022 essay for The Guardian.
    Kaitlyn Huamani, Peoplemag, 5 July 2023
  • And then the awful demons of self-hate and self-contempt, a hugely negative self-image, took its place in the center of the victim’s being. . . .
    Mark Hertsgaard, TIME, 7 May 2024
  • In its songs, Monét delves into the thoughts whirring through her mind about self-image and parenthood in the direct aftermath of giving birth.
    Danielle Kwateng, SELF, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Treatment needs to address the emotions tied to binge eating, including shame and poor self-image.
    Mayo Clinic News Network, Anchorage Daily News, 29 May 2023
  • Students are concerned about their bodies and self-image in a way Ms. Harper hasn’t noticed in that age group before.
    Sophie Hills, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 June 2023
  • Taneytown has not just an image problem, but a self-image problem.
    Baltimore Sun, 25 Apr. 2023
  • The Simply Julia author shares how her self-image and relationship with food was shaped by her childhood.
    Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Weight talk can come in the form of negative or positive comments, and both have the potential to cause issues with self-image, eating habits, and mental health.
    Julia Pelly, Parents, 22 Sep. 2023
  • But Porter’s book also strays from the norm, exploring normally taboo issues such as the strain her job has put on her finances, her family and her self-image.
    Benjamin Oreskes, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2023
  • Gemini May 21 – June 20 Your self-image could be wavering and shifting like a mirage.
    Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 16 June 2024
  • After all, the same algorithms making teenagers miserable by serving up an endless stream of content that tends to harm their self-image are bad for adults, too.
    Adam Clark Estes, Vox, 19 June 2024
  • In an industry that can challenge a person’s self-image, Bateman stays grounded.
    Ella Field, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Aug. 2023
  • In addition, at the 2016 Billboard Women in Music event, Kesha discussed her past struggles with self-image.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 8 July 2024
  • The filming devices in the home establish a panopticon where the husband and children are pawns in an advertising campaign for the woman’s self-image.
    Abigail Anthony, National Review, 11 Feb. 2024
  • This tendency hinders the discovery of our talents, resulting in a poor self-image.
    Priya Kartik, Forbes, 3 May 2023
  • This is a character who’s trying to avoid chaos, who feels like all the responsibilities are falling on her, and also has self-image problems.
    Margy Rochlin, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2024
  • In this way, Spy vs. Spy shows us that war is its own perfect reflection, bombs and guns and missiles as both the tactile and logical endpoint of a country’s self-image, death as the only way to define a nation.
    Gyasi Hall, Longreads, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Well, nothing except the odd spectacle of a Billboard diva relentlessly flattering her own self-image, en route to the cast singing along to her music in the end credits.
    A.a. Dowd, Chron, 5 May 2023
  • During the intimate interview, Palmer, 29, shared honest thoughts about her self-image, her body, and motherhood.
    Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 11 July 2023
  • The program is built on 13 affirmations that are intended to support members in changing their self-image and worldview.
    Laura Newberry, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2023
  • There’s a little bit of glorification of certain vices online, and self-image is really bad, and the depression rates in young people are up.
    Emma Glassman-Hughes, BostonGlobe.com, 28 July 2023
  • You’re entitled to fight for your own interests, but try to stay aware of the difference between a temporary strategy and your entrenched self-image.
    Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 14 Feb. 2024
  • The uncertain future of a union of Switzerland’s two global banks comes at a thorny time for Swiss identity, built nearly as much on a self-image of finesse in finance as on know-how with chocolate, watchmaking and cheese.
    Jamey Keaten, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2023
  • The uncertain future of a union of Switzerland's two global banks comes at a thorny time for Swiss identity, built nearly as much on a self-image of finesse in finance as on know-how with chocolate, watchmaking and cheese.
    Jamey Keaten, ajc, 1 Apr. 2023
  • As one of the first toy companies to create and market Black dolls that looked like Black people, not just dolls that had been painted black instead of white, its goal was to improve representation in dolls and the self-image of Black children.
    Gregory Wakeman, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 June 2024
  • Sweden’s neutrality was more entrenched and more ideological, grounded in the country’s self-image as the conscience of the world, but the country has also long identified with the West.
    Jussi M. Hanhimäki, Foreign Affairs, 22 May 2024
  • This gradually builds a more positive self-image and a healthier self-concept.
    Mark Travers, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023

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