soul-searching
the act or process of close and penetrating analysis of oneself, to determine one's true motives and sentiments.
Origin of soul-searching
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How to use soul-searching in a sentence
But there were also moments of personal soul searching—the resurfacing of questions that never fully go away.
The ball is squarely in the Pakistani court, and now is the time to engage in deep strategic soul-searching and reconfiguration.
And then, finally, I think it's going to be important for all of us to do some soul-searching.
Full Remarks by President Obama on Trayvon Martin | The Daily Beast | July 19, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe disaster has inspired a backlash and a round of soul-searching.
American Apparel’s Dov Charney on the Bangladesh Tragedy | Daniel Gross | May 8, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd even so, even commonplace as they are, such incidents invariably trigger the same anguished soul-searching.
A Nation of Onlookers: India’s Violence Against Women and America’s Guns | Dilip D’Souza | December 22, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
It sounded like the voice of a soul searching for something it could never find.
Patchwork | Anna Balmer MyersOn the wind was coming the ghost of a smell, faint and horrible and soul-searching.
The Beach of Dreams | H. De Vere StacpooleFor a single moment longer she stood, her soul searching his through her wonderful eyes.
Corporal Cameron | Ralph ConnorThe only questions asked were soul-searching ones put to herself.
The Foolish Virgin | Thomas DixonThe proof to which God put Abraham is the most soul-searching proof that ever comes into human lives.
Living for the Best | James G. K. McClure
British Dictionary definitions for soul-searching
deep or critical examination of one's motives, actions, beliefs, etc
displaying the characteristics of deep or painful self-analysis
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