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Recent Examples of self-doubt
As Anthony battles self-doubt and the long road of rehabilitation, a chance encounter at a YMCA on Christmas Eve brings him face-to-face with Bobby Verdun, a former basketball coach turned mentor who carries emotional and physical scars of his own.
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Zac Ntim, Deadline, 27 May 2025
Their mismatched dynamic anchors the story, with Linden pointing out how Wolff subtly reveals the self-doubt beneath Amir’s ambition.
—Travis Bean, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025
Then May 30’s Sun-Mercury conjunction in Gemini opens space to express your insight with a lighter touch — humor, storytelling, and self-trust could take you further than self-doubt ever did.
—Colin Bedell, Them., 22 May 2025
Harner reveals a Torvald changed by time and self-doubt.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2025
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Zac Ntim, Deadline, 27 May 2025
Their mismatched dynamic anchors the story, with Linden pointing out how Wolff subtly reveals the self-doubt beneath Amir’s ambition.
—Travis Bean, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025
Then May 30’s Sun-Mercury conjunction in Gemini opens space to express your insight with a lighter touch — humor, storytelling, and self-trust could take you further than self-doubt ever did.
—Colin Bedell, Them., 22 May 2025
Harner reveals a Torvald changed by time and self-doubt.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-doubt
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With her portrayal as Sam on the first season of Your Friends & Neighbors, which co-stars Jon Hamm and Amanda Peet, Munn was able to tap into a clever mix of confidence and insecurity with this multi-layered character performance.—
Jeff Conway,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2025
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Her argument is that the poor suffer most from overwhelmed schools, gang violence and insecurity resulting from those migrants who do not work or integrate with Danish society.—
Matthew Tostevin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 June 2025
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Between the sticks - Bayern seem reluctant to retire Neuer but this diffidence is helping no one.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
The Athletic,
7 Jan. 2025
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At its best, the uncomfortably intimate aesthetic of the films combined with the general diffidence at their heart attempted to epitomize a generational temperament and linguistic sensibility.—
Vikram Murthi,
IndieWire,
14 Aug. 2024
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“Self-doubt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-doubt. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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