How to Use self-improvement in a Sentence

self-improvement

noun
  • So the key to self-improvement is simple: Have your parents die.
    David Marchese, New York Times, 4 May 2024
  • The books should be non-fiction and focus on self-improvement.
    USA TODAY, 4 Jan. 2024
  • You’ll be focused on self-improvement during the final weeks of June, and may not be in that much of a social mood.
    Dossé-Via, refinery29.com, 5 June 2023
  • Some people may even approach a counselor with the goal of self-improvement.
    Claire Gillespie, Health, 1 May 2023
  • Choose self-improvement over trying to force your will on others.
    Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2024
  • Biggs declares that the process isn’t about self-improvement but about freedom.
    Devoney Looser, Washington Post, 17 May 2023
  • Pisces February 19-March 20 There's no time like the present to get serious about self-improvement.
    Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Ramadan is a month of self-reflection and self-improvement.
    Sidra Imtiaz, Allure, 20 Mar. 2023
  • The skies are glowing with a beautiful New Moon in your 6th House of Wellness, making this the perfect time to focus on self-improvement.
    Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 20 Mar. 2023
  • These are just the mere statistics, the number-crunching, but what fuels the man now ranked No. 1 for a record eighth time is the idea of constant self-improvement, as well as keeping the lid on the wannabes.
    Tim Ellis, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Escape the hustle and bustle and focus on self-improvement, with the backdrop of a beautiful beach town.
    Leah Romero, ELLE, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Steele displays a genuine enjoyment in the self-improvement process.
    Michael Gehlken, Dallas News, 3 Sep. 2023
  • Stick to personal goals, self-improvement and being healthy, happy and in control.
    Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 17 Mar. 2024
  • Everybody was thinking about self-care, self-improvement, self, self, self.
    Hannah Dylan Pasternak, SELF, 5 Feb. 2024
  • But keep your inner rock star focused—you’re here for self-improvement, not partying.
    Adam Morganstern, Robb Report, 23 Apr. 2023
  • For Biggs, reading is not a tool of self-improvement but a route to freedom: something that can give you permission to identify your desires and act on them.
    Hannah Rosefield, The New Republic, 8 June 2023
  • The shop wasn’t the place to find classical literature, self-improvement books or biographies.
    Diane Bell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 June 2023
  • Among other things, O’Loughlin was drawn to Robbins’s idea that nutrition was an essential building block of self-improvement.
    Longreads, 6 Apr. 2023
  • The allure of the January fresh start only adds to seductive messages about reinvention and self-improvement.
    Oona Hanson, CNN, 28 Jan. 2024
  • This year, the concept of hydration smoothly flowed into the sinkhole of self-improvement culture that’s characterized so much of our lives in recent years.
    Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 20 Dec. 2023
  • But growth experts agree that finding ways to explore self-improvement, even during challenging times, can play a pivotal role in finding contentment in our lives.
    Evan Bretos, Washington Post, 12 June 2023
  • The Tates and their associates have characterized the War Room as a positive self-improvement community for men.
    Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 31 Aug. 2023
  • If abiding by resolutions were as easy as setting them, perfection would be attainable and the self-improvement section of the bookstore would be cobweb city.
    Tanya Sichynsky, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2024
  • Muslims will focus on God-consciousness, self-reflection, and self-improvement all month.
    The Enquirer, 7 Mar. 2024
  • The very notion of being a good conversationalist now falls into the world of self-improvement and self-help, where the ability to speak to someone is a means to an end rather than a means toward making the world a more ambiguous place.
    Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Religions are committed to self-improvement and so to the assumption that the individual is in need of such improvement—and capable of it.
    Frederick Kaufman, Harper's Magazine, 26 Feb. 2024
  • This reminds us to let our inner editor out for some self-improvement and critical analysis.
    Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Quitting Delta 8 demonstrates a commitment to personal growth and self-improvement.
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Getting rid of a part of ourselves is often a goal—its more common names being transformation, betterment, self-improvement.
    Hazlitt, 20 Sep. 2023
  • Intermittent fasting was of a piece with an interest in manful self-improvement via stoicism.
    Molly Fischer, The New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2024

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