hubris

Example Sentences

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My main issue is the hubris of it all — and the people who enabled it.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

The stadium curse is a well-known sign of corporate hubris and impending doom.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

That image of Bush has become a meme — a symbol of presidential hubris that any leader with a drop of sense would seek to avoid at all costs.

From Salon • Feb. 17, 2026

"We are quite different people - very much yin and yang - but I think decisions are better made with two brains rather than one as it stops hubris," says Begg, who is London-based.

From BBC • Jan. 12, 2026

How could he have been guilty of such hubris?

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers