How to Use self-reflective in a Sentence

self-reflective

adjective
  • Key to this is learning how to be self-reflective and honest with yourself.
    — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Beckham’s ability in the fifth decade of her life to be honest and self-reflective is compelling.
    — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Each of the seven tracks stands on its own merit as a self-reflective tale of vulnerability and longing.
    — Jae-Ha Kim, Rolling Stone, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Over time, kids who develop strong people skills also tend to become more flexible, adaptable, and self-reflective.
    — Kelsey Mora, CNBC, 24 May 2026
  • Not only does the AI need to do this in terms of what the user is saying, but the AI needs to be self-reflective as well.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • The actress and the artist behind that was a self-reflective person, a hardworking artist who was very interested in getting better at her craft.
    — Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026
  • Young adults in the early earbuds age used her songs as fuel for runs, laptop work, Tinder hookups, and the solitary, self-reflective mornings after.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Sentimental Value, a film about a self-reflective director dealing with his two daughters, also played very well.
    — Joe Reid, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2025
  • These are Grace’s own watercolor paintings, self-reflective and complex, much like her latest EP, Heavy Hair.
    — Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 14 Apr. 2026
  • The self-reflective tone marks a thematic shift for a band whose debut radiated a cool irony, pulling emotional punches in favor of observations centered around mid-20s delusion.
    — Sophie Williams, Billboard, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Yet through Bob, Anderson finds his way into this story in a way that feels self-reflective and in conversation with a whole generation of coulda been revolutionaries.
    — Richard Newby, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Gray crafts a nuanced look at the chain of intergenerational expectations, at turns damning and self-reflective about how cultural self-preservation can conflict with the American justice system.
    — Chris Feil, Vulture, 1 May 2026

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