self-seeking
Example Sentences
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In this Amazon Prime Video version, Sheen's Prince Andrew is a more complex figure, self-seeking, emotionally deaf, ambitious, loyal to his own immediate family, distrustful of palace officials and with a desperate need for approval.
From BBC
The result: Some patients are self-seeking these clinics instead of primary doctors prescribing the medication.
From Los Angeles Times
Look, America’s got big fat problems, perhaps chief among them is the weakness of our institutions -- institutions that have been strip mined for credibility by self-seeking politicians.
From Fox News
It claims that environmentalism is a self-seeking scam, doing immense harm to the living world while enriching a group of con artists.
From The Guardian
"You know, in your heart, that he is an incompetent idiot and self-seeking punk. Say you were sick. Say you were scared. Don’t bother voting. Stay home," he said.
From Fox News
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