Definition
To learn, or attempt to learn, the essence or nature of one's character and the aims or desires one pursues in life.
To unexpectedly or unintentionally begin to do or experience something.
To be in a particular state of mind.
In Context
- "When he was in his early twenties, he backpacked around Europe to find himself."
- "I don't know what was said, my baby / I thought that everything was fine / You say you got to get away, to find yourself"
- "All that mattered now was figuring out what she wanted to do with the rest of her life. It was time to find herself again. The shelby she'd been without Drew. Strong and confident."
- "As you enter the cafe, you find yourself wondering why they decided to paint the entire room blue."
- "When news of his wife’s murder spread around the media, he found himself in front of a press conference explaining his actions."
- "Anne and Henrietta, finding themselves the earliest of the party the next morning, agreed to stroll down to the sea before breakfast."
- "There is a scene in the popular movie "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" when the character Cameron finds himself at the Art Institute of Chicago transfixed by "A Sunday Afternoon on The Island of La Grande Jatte" by Georges Seurat."
- "[Danny] Boyle revives some of the stylistic tics which found themselves being ripped off by geezer-gangster Britflicks back in the day, but now the freezeframes are briefer, sharper; the movie itself refers back to the original with variant flashback versions of famous scenes, but also Super 8-type images of the boys' poignant boyhood in primary school."
- "How do you find yourself this morning?"