How to Use self-loathing in a Sentence

self-loathing

noun
  • The fifth song off the singer’s new album Guts is cheeky and steeped in self-loathing and paranoia.
    — Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 7 Sep. 2023
  • But there's also bad shame that will keep you in self-loathing.
    — Caroline Thayer, Fox News, 12 Sep. 2024
  • Two lonely and self-loathing strangers are seated in the tavern on a snowy evening.
    — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 14 Nov. 2023
  • But what haunts us all is a bit of the imposter syndrome, with a healthy dollop of fear and self-loathing.
    — Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 June 2023
  • There’s long been a strand of self-loathing to the film industry, and sometimes that self-loathing leads to great movies.
    — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2025
  • In a moment of narcissism and likely self-loathing, Charles jumps from the boat to grant his daughter her wish.
    — Katie Campione, Deadline, 15 Sep. 2024
  • Enough self-loathing over the pointless scrolling that robs endless hours, not to mention our self-respect.
    — Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Mar. 2023
  • Still, Michaelis’s feeling of guilt and self-loathing persisted.
    — Laurie Udesky, USA TODAY, 6 May 2023
  • The protagonist wants to run off to Africa and feels shame and self-loathing while trying to decide whether to let his child live or die.
    — Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Isaac plays Davis as a couch-surfing, unlikable, self-loathing jerk.
    — Tim Moffatt, EW.com, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Turning self-loathing into material is one of the things that keeps Glaser alive.
    — Anna Peele, Rolling Stone, 10 Dec. 2024
  • So why don’t these millions of supposedly self-loathing motorists make the jump?
    — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 17 Dec. 2023
  • But that self-involvement, for lack of a better word, doesn’t collapse into self-loathing.
    — Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 18 June 2023
  • Daniel Brühl is transformative as the haughty, brilliant and self-loathing Lagerfeld.
    — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Nov. 2024
  • The self-loathing that never really went away will come back in full force; the cycle of misery continues.
    — Barry Levitt, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
  • When a different tech trips over the plug mid-process, that hiccup in the process may explain why Mickey 17 comes out slightly less self-loathing than the others.
    — Peter Debruge, Variety, 15 Feb. 2025
  • Cal has daddy issues and a habit of drinking away his self-loathing and disappointments.
    — Gqlshare, Baltimore Sun, 29 Jan. 2025
  • For the most part, the sound is a vintage one for Drake, feeling something like a retreat to a comfort zone: moody heartbreak soul bathed in self-loathing and suspicion.
    — New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
  • Other readers, though, saw Tomine’s protagonist not as a truth-teller but as an archetype of self-loathing.
    — Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2023
  • Some of Swift's best work comes from her self-deprecating moods, and this track, with its self-loathing but super catchy lyrics, is no exception.
    — Seija Rankin, EW.com, 17 Apr. 2024
  • This might get tiresome — a heavy-handed dose of reflexive self-loathing — except the curators don’t follow through on the idea.
    — Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 18 Jan. 2024
  • He was consumed with self-loathing, convinced his own family wanted nothing to do with him.
    — Molly Ball, Time, 20 July 2023
  • Now is the time Hollywood is selling American self-loathing.
    — Armond White, National Review, 13 Mar. 2024
  • But his self-loathing, barely contained by endless stacks of folders, is extreme and heartrending.
    — Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Issues: Depression, anger, self-loathing Root cause: When Clare was 22 her mother died from cancer.
    — Hugh Hart, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Despite the ruinous results, Lizzie also can’t seem to serve her own best interests, controlled by own self-loathing.
    — Nicholas Bell, SPIN, 4 Sep. 2024
  • But also, what is the honest truth in this moment is that her love is very complex and fraught with a kind of loathing and a self-loathing as well for feeling those feelings, and a frustration.
    — Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Apr. 2023
  • This drinking part may also come into contact with a self-critical or self-loathing part that wants to control the drinking.
    — Laura Newberry, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2023
  • Consumed with self-loathing, Lee begins dabbling in heroin and cocaine, and becomes obsessed with the idea of taking ayahuasca.
    — Radhika Seth, Vogue, 3 Sep. 2024
  • But falling into a self-loathing joyless trap about girl dinner is annoying, too.
    — Jocelyn Silver, Vogue, 25 July 2023

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