How to Use self-revelation in a Sentence

self-revelation

noun
  • But the self-revelation held me back.
    — Literary Hub, 18 June 2026
  • What self-revelation occurred was not done casually.
    — Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Her most captivating scene is an unexpected moment of self-revelation that’s best kept under wraps.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Outside of the usual social structures, self-revelation can occur being two islands on opposite sides of the world.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Later in her speech, Paulson noted a self-revelation about Roberts, 58.
    — Brian Anthony Hernandez, PEOPLE, 7 Dec. 2025
  • Michèle comes across as a singular and powerful personality, with something of Akerman’s own trenchant intellect, assertive candor, and vulnerable self-revelation.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Her ancestor’s analytic model discouraged self-revelation by the therapist, but Freud often meets her guests’ excavations of desire and vulnerability with her own candid recollections.
    — Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Named one of the Ten Best Books of 2024 by the New York Times, this masterpiece of self-revelation chronicles the author’s gender transition in her late 60s.
    — Literary Hub, 3 June 2026

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