Sentence examples for self bears from inspiring English sources

Ant's relationship with his younger self bears no trace of ironic nostalgia, and he still gets annoyed when anyone muddles him up with the early 80s new romantic scene.

At any given time, only one self bears this relation of temporal-stage sharing with God.

Meera, being her respectful self, bears the insults silently.

The same willingness to have the future self bear a burden the present self didn't want to bear showed up when students were asked to donate time to a good cause.

For type-A overachievers in particular, self-improvement bears a closer resemblance to work than to leisure.

The reader (or listener) is party to this intimacy and must bring their own self to bear on the poems.

Brenda Shaughnessy has brought her full self to bear in "Our Andromeda," and the result is a book that should be read now because it is a collection whose song will endure.

The difference is that she was responsible for creating her own image through her self portraits, borne out of years spent trapped in bed recovering from a wince-inducing array of operations and a body that refused to do her bidding.

Jamison, too, recommended "gazing at an object outside of yourself" as a way of "bringing the self to bear".

Reitred basketball coach Bobby Knight may be the single biggest bully and self absorbed bore in the history of the game.

The retired college basketball coach Bobby Knight may have been the single biggest bully and self absorbed bore in the history of the game, in spite of his incredible winning percentage... but, he remains a shrewd political operator who knows how to repay a debt.