arrogance
Example Sentences
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The smugness, arrogance and hubris in this city is so thick you could cut it with a knife.
From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026
"I think it would be the height of arrogance for me to tell somebody else what to do," he said.
From Barron's • May 5, 2026
When governments allow themselves to be drawn into war by intolerance or the arrogance of power, they plant the seeds of resentment that yield more hatred and violence.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
Bereaved and harmed mothers have blamed missed chances, "arrogance" among some senior doctors and a "defensive culture".
From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026
Ifemelu felt a small resentment at this, the arrogance of Doris’s certainty that she, too, would of course feel the same way as Doris.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Vocabulary lists containing arrogance
The Westing Game
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Dwight D. Eisenhower, "The Military-Industrial Complex" (1961)
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Thirteen Reasons Why
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