How to Use self-improvement in a Sentence

self-improvement

noun
  • The same is true for any kind of self-improvement habit.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Making these small shifts can help stave off the stress and guilt that can thwart your self-improvement goals.
    — Michele Patterson Ford, The Conversation, 15 Jan. 2026
  • In fact, in some cases, the quest for self-improvement may just be avoidance.
    — Myisha Battle, TIME, 30 May 2024
  • Choose self-improvement over trying to force your will on others.
    — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2024
  • The books should be non-fiction and focus on self-improvement.
    — USA TODAY, 4 Jan. 2024
  • The feature’s goal is self-improvement.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 6 May 2026
  • In recent decades, goals have turned more towards self-improvement.
    — Rachel Treisman, NPR, 31 Dec. 2025
  • But self-improvement need not be the goal of puzzling, or of any hobby, for that matter.
    — Sophia Stewart, The Atlantic, 1 Aug. 2025
  • Some people may even approach a counselor with the goal of self-improvement.
    — Claire Gillespie, Health, 1 May 2023
  • His advice was simple, wrapped in the self-improvement argot of our times.
    — Erin Vanderhoof, Vanity Fair, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Focus on self-improvement, keeping in shape and putting your best foot forward.
    — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 9 June 2024
  • That means self-improvement gifts don’t just hurt the people receiving them.
    — Linnéa Chapman, The Conversation, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Look inward and choose self-improvement over trying to change others.
    — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 19 June 2024
  • Biggs declares that the process isn’t about self-improvement but about freedom.
    — Devoney Looser, Washington Post, 17 May 2023
  • The app is perfect for anyone who loves games and wants to make self-improvement enjoyable.
    — Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 1 Jan. 2025
  • Pluto goes direct in your zone of self-improvement for the final time today!
    — USA TODAY, 11 Oct. 2024
  • Everybody was thinking about self-care, self-improvement, self, self, self.
    — Hannah Dylan Pasternak, SELF, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Make self-improvement and mental strength a priority in your own life.
    — Amy Morin, Parents, 3 July 2024
  • Those born with this Venus placement are committed to self-improvement.
    — Valerie Mesa, Peoplemag, 11 June 2024
  • The plot involves four men who take an oath to avoid women and focus on self-improvement for three years, but things don’t go quite as planned.
    — Dan Kelly, Kansas City Star, 14 June 2025
  • But keep your inner rock star focused—you’re here for self-improvement, not partying.
    — Adam Morganstern, Robb Report, 23 Apr. 2023
  • Eid has developed the skin care in the same spirit of quality and self-improvement.
    — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 3 Dec. 2025
  • Anyone on a self-improvement kick (especially at the start of a new year) could use the guidance.
    — Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 6 Dec. 2024
  • To nurture a growth mindset, focus on learning and self-improvement.
    — Doaa K. Darwish, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
  • In today’s society, you may be tempted to make every goal about self-improvement.
    — Kelly Mickle, SELF, 29 Dec. 2025
  • Steele displays a genuine enjoyment in the self-improvement process.
    — Michael Gehlken, Dallas News, 3 Sep. 2023
  • 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
  • That’s according to a new study by Headway, a self-improvement and learning app.
    — The Hill, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Stick to personal goals, self-improvement and being healthy, happy and in control.
    — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 17 Mar. 2024
  • But if humans themselves are in a constant search for optimization and self-improvement, so are cities as a whole.
    — Hazlitt, 10 Dec. 2025

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