ego
Example Sentences
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Preservation of the manager’s job, or at least their ego, becomes the top priority.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
Bombastic yet intimate, fantastical yet sensible, Colbert’s farewell to his Comedy Central audience and his conservative alter ego was about as lovely and loving as TV can be.
From Salon • May 21, 2026
Underlying all that is the fragile ego of a state whose outward brassiness is often a cover for an inferiority complex stoked by its glittering neighbor.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026
The owners don't seem to do well with anyone who has an ego.
From BBC • May 14, 2026
There was no time to worry about a teenage girl’s bruised ego.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
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