Sentence examples for actual self from inspiring English sources

When Mrs. Nabokov appears in the fiction, she does so more often as her anti-self than as her actual self.

From what point in your career did you begin consciously creating a comedic or public persona that was, at least in part, different from your actual self?

One example is a 2003 cover of GQ magazine in Britain on which the actress Kate Winslet appears several sizes smaller than her actual self.

That would work out to me living till 2059, which means that if this were 1917 I would live to see my actual self born in 1958.

It's as if, having got under the skin of one real-life person after another, Mr. Sheen now wants to put before audiences something of his actual self.

The "ideal" self encourages us to do things that take our actual self closer to that state (eg dressing smarter at work to seem more professional), the "ought" self stops us doing things that lead our actual self away from it (eg avoiding fatty foods because we want to be fitter).

I think just more actual self-realization and self-belief.

Not that that entails engaging in actual self-promotion, he said.

Actual self-harm incidents involving minors (under 18) is classified as a critical incident".

Korine veered from the carelessness of addiction toward actual self-harm.

What's surprising, then, is the gulf between such sentiments and the actual self-employment data.