self-righteous

Example Sentences

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A light touch works better than self-righteous hectoring.

From The Wall Street Journal

I could feel their disgust and their self-righteous cancellation in every one of the innumerable wounds I already had.

From Los Angeles Times

MacGruber starts the sketch self-righteous, noting that the “rich and powerful have lived by a different set of rules than the rest of us.”

From Salon

"The main part of it when it comes to religion is being right with God, rather than being self-righteous."

From BBC

At international forums, Indian officials have adopted a self-righteous tone, which plays well in India but wins few friends in the West.

From The Wall Street Journal