How to Use self-critical in a Sentence

self-critical

adjective
  • This is not about being hyper self-critical, by the way.
    — Cynthia Pong, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
  • Hurts was notably self-critical of his performance in that game.
    — Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Tolentino is at least self-critical.
    — Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 24 Apr. 2026
  • The first self-critical comment accomplishes those goals.
    — Jay Sullivan, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Expect results or revelations now, and avoid being too self-critical.
    — Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 3 Aug. 2025
  • In another, a self-critical impulse takes hold, and what seemed good at first is suddenly embarrassing.
    — Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Unafraid to be self-critical, Fosse crafts a shockingly complex portrait of an artist whose perfectionism drives him to the brink.
    — Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Jan. 2026
  • But starters like left tackle Jordan Mailata have in the past been self-critical after games, saying their level of play hasn’t met their standard.
    — Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The comment comes as AWS prepares to publish what may be the most substantive piece of self-critical research to emerge from a major cloud provider this year.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 8 June 2026
  • And was obviously very talented and very intelligent to do so serious and self-critical work, which was really a breakthrough in this field.
    — Mariel Carr, Scientific American, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Sensitive and self-critical at times, this zodiac sign is deeply aware of how others perceive them — qualities that mirror her portrayal of Cassie Howard.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 13 Apr. 2026
  • The findings, a year in the making, represent one of the most self-critical examinations any elite university has publicly undertaken.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Brown, intensely studious and both self-confident and self-critical, no longer looks like someone who is thinking through four different possibilities, trying to fit into the scheme, before acting on the field.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 1 Dec. 2025
  • The upshot of Yale’s report, which is by far the most self-critical of the three, is that administrators bear much of the responsibility for higher education’s current predicament.
    — Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 27 June 2026
  • Her protagonist, Maya, is a young woman with several life challenges including a heroin addiction, who has an introspective, self-critical attitude.
    — Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The most exceptional neurosurgeons are those who maintain a rigorous, yet constructive, self-critical mindset, perpetually seeking ways to elevate their calling.
    — Richard Menger Md Mpa, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
  • In his voiceover, McElwee frequently addresses Adrian and eulogizes his memory, but also expresses self-critical ruminations about his part in his son’s death, how his filmmaking may have contributed to his shaky self-image and the growing distance between them.
    — Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2025

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