How to Use selfie in a Sentence

selfie

noun
  • The two then pose for a selfie.
    — Christopher Edwards, PEOPLE, 3 Apr. 2026
  • What is the best drone for selfies?
    — James Abbott, Space.com, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Fans held their cell phones high and tried to get selfies.
    — Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 3 Feb. 2026
  • The two wrestling stars were all smiles in the stands for a selfie.
    — Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Kai Havertz took a quick selfie.
    — James McNicholas, New York Times, 25 May 2026
  • No more turning your phone to get a wider selfie.
    — PC Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Find it and grab a treat and a bragging right selfie.
    — Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 28 Jan. 2026
  • This isn’t the time to try to get that perfect selfie.
    — Jen Murphy, Outside, 24 Mar. 2026
  • This is not a phone for selfies or portraits.
    — Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
  • Most waited all day just to shake his hand and snap a selfie.
    — Larry Dvoskin, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2024
  • Gomez's selfie comes after a string of glam looks.
    — Meg Walters, InStyle, 17 Jan. 2026
  • Just a lot of good places to take goofy selfies and places for the kids to run around.
    — Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 25 July 2025
  • What about bikini selfies on a yacht?
    — Ashley Baker, Air Mail, 20 June 2026
  • Just enough time to snap some selfies and scare your housemates.
    — Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Tourists walked along the pier taking selfies.
    — Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Your selfies will look clean, sharp, and balanced for the most part.
    — Eric Zeman, PC Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Storm chasers took selfies, grinning ear-to-ear.
    — Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Prop it half-open for hands-free selfies with the main camera at brunch.
    — Shubham Yewale, PC Magazine, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Come to think of it, maybe this is why my husband would rather take selfies.
    — Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 May 2026
  • Then, of course, the pre-phone selfies showed her posing with her dogs.
    — Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
  • So go on and ask him for a selfie or autograph.
    — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Jolie and Pitt at the time of the selfie were still a couple.
    — Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 3 Mar. 2024
  • Come to take selfies amid the flowers, or linger in the evenings for a sound and light show.
    — Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Nobody will mind if they get smacked in the head by a selfie stick, or buzzed by a drone.
    — Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 9 Nov. 2024
  • Are ballot selfies against the law in Ohio?
    — Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 4 Nov. 2025
  • In one clip, Khloé hugged Dream as the two posed for a selfie.
    — Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 1 Nov. 2025
  • Israelis hugged and took selfies.
    — Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2025
  • In the selfie, Gomez lounged on her sofa with her head in one hand.
    — Meg Walters, InStyle, 17 Jan. 2026
  • Some pester celebrities for selfies.
    — Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 24 Aug. 2025
  • People mostly climbed around on it to take their selfies.
    — Dennis Hinkamp, Denver Post, 23 Sep. 2025

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