Words similar to self-made

Example sentences for: self-made

How can you use “self-made” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

The supreme self-made man, Bonaparte in 1804 became Emperor Napoleon at a coronation ceremony in which he audaciously took the crown of golden laurels from the pope and placed it on his own head.
Hooray for David Plotz's "Domestic Goddess Dethroned," an assessment of Roseanne's self-made downfall.
Plunging self-made into all that self-importance didn't seem to faze him.
West is self-made intellectual who found Kierkegaard in a bookmobile, was influenced by the Black Panthers as a teen-ager, and found his way to Karl Barth and John Dewey.
Parker and Leigh are both self-made men and supporters of the British Labor Party, but Parker has worked primarily in Hollywood for almost two decades, whereas Leigh stayed in London to make his low-budget films.