How to Use self-immolation in a Sentence

self-immolation

noun
  • The end, almost always, involves a self-immolation of sorts.
    — Caroline Mimbs Nyce, New Yorker, 4 Jan. 2026
  • On the brink of elimination, the Spurs would learn from their self-immolation and grow a strategic brain to match their undeniable skills.
    — David Remnick, New Yorker, 14 June 2026
  • Rangzen went live on Facebook to stream his self-immolation and death, according to amNewYork.
    — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 3 July 2026
  • According to its data, 10 self-immolations by Tibetans have occurred while people were in exile.
    — Kanishka Singh, USA Today, 3 July 2026
  • Ratansen dies defending his honor; Padmavati and the women of Chitor perform jauhar (the ancient Rajput practice of self-immolation to avoid capture).
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Texas Democrats got to enjoy the glow of a surprise victory in Tarrant County for just about a day before the party reverted to its uncommon capacity for self-immolation.
    — Arkansas Online, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Tibetans have also previously committed acts of self-immolation in protest against Beijing's policies in Tibet and nearby regions with large Tibetan populations.
    — Kanishka Singh, USA Today, 3 July 2026
  • Later, when Doyle comes into some mysterious bags of cash, and heads toward the mainland with a bottle of booze, a boat, and one last chance to go out in a blaze of self-immolation, Farrell manages to mix dread and adrenaline into every silent expression.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2025
  • During a brief period following the 2008 Beijing Olympics, when China further opened its doors to the outside world, Tibet was rocked by protests by monks and nuns, and then a series of self-immolations.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Schilinski weaves together sequences that are intimate and mysterious, incredible depictions of the inner logic of a child trying to understand a horrifying reality, or the dramatic fantasies of self-immolation entertained by a teenager.
    — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
  • The International Campaign for Tibet says there were more than 150 self-immolations by Tibetans between 2009 and 2022.
    — Kanishka Singh, USA Today, 3 July 2026
  • There have been more than 150 self-immolations by Tibetans between 2009 and 2022, according to the International Campaign for Tibet.
    — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 4 July 2026
  • There have been more than 150 self-immolations by Tibetans between 2009 and 2022, according to the International Campaign for Tibet.
    — ABC News, 2 July 2026
  • In late 2010, Facebook became revered as the gold standard of revolutionary organizing, sweeping across the Middle East and North Africa following the self-immolation of Mohamed Bouazizi in Tunisia.
    — Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025

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