narrow-minded

Example Sentences

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Camara called criticism that she and other candidates were being allowed to run only to give the election a patina of authenticity a "narrow-minded view".

From Barron's • Nov. 3, 2025

He said he feared that the two great powers, with their nuclear-powered militaries, could accidentally stumble into war, through a mix of excessive nationalism and a narrow-minded approach to competition around the world.

From New York Times • Feb. 8, 2024

"It was horrible, but you must be narrow-minded then. You must have only one purpose. I have to reach Leeuwarden," he says.

From BBC • Jan. 22, 2024

This is the parable of a man who in pursuing his own narrow-minded interest negates himself and undermines his community.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2023

When I open a book, the words sort themselves into narrow-minded single file on the page; the mirror-image poems erase themselves half-formed in my mind.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver