self-gratifying
Example Sentences
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One who practices wu wei, or nonaction, is someone free of unnecessary, self-gratifying desires.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022
In court, prosecutor Brian Murphy said Castro used the women “in whatever self-gratifying, self-serving way he saw fit.”
From Salon ● May 10, 2013
And the self-gratifying pleasure of watching your own achievements is entertaining in itself.
From Time Magazine Archive
Bohemians with well-to-do parents, they could already afford to squander a little spasmodic and self-gratifying patronage.
From Aaron's Rod by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)
It is the supreme tragedy of her trial that while outwardly she is all self-gratifying love, inwardly she is all self-consuming misery.
From The Brothers' War by Reed, John Calvin
