amour propre

Example Sentences

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It’s hard to see how, other than in their amour-propre, since Chief Justice Hughes ruled nearly nine decades ago that Congress had no right to disregard the fiscal obligations it enacted.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2023

As much as the Beatles, it was Connery’s charismatic Bond who kept alive Britain’s postwar amour-propre.

From The Guardian • Aug. 25, 2020

Vanity gives “value to that which is valueless,” whereas pride, a good form of amour-propre, “consists in deriving self-esteem from truly estimable goods.”

From New York Times • Jun. 21, 2018

It was a matter of amour-propre, but—again—also of tactics.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 17, 2016

Between officers, and, above all, between officers of different arms of the service, politeness is a little excessive, etiquette rather severe, amour-propre somewhat susceptible.

From The Man With The Broken Ear by Holt, Henry