hubris

Example Sentences

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“In a time of unimaginable hubris, gross incompetence and failures of leadership across the Agency, this has to be one of the most delusional emails I have seen to date,” Pearson wrote.

From Salon

Overconfidence turned to hubris by the time Harry Truman signed the Housing Act of 1949.

From The Wall Street Journal

Analysts and multiple auction insiders told The Times several factors complicated the process, including Paramount’s low-ball offers and hubris.

From Los Angeles Times

Regardless of who said it first, the contrast between their modesty about predictions and the hubris of market forecasters, who confidently look to what they call the foreseeable future, is striking.

From Barron's

Regardless of who said it first, the contrast between their modesty about predictions and the hubris of market forecasters, who confidently look to what they call the foreseeable future, is striking.

From Barron's