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:

was a simple guy, self-made, with ordinary interests and no intellectual pretensions.
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.
But consider Beatty as a self-made businessman.
Leonsis and his two self-made zillionaire business partners will soon own the NBA's Washington Wizards as well.
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.