self-absorbed

Example Sentences

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“Illinoise” is another attempt by Peck to build a community through dancing bodies, but the community is too delicate, too self absorbed for real connection.

From New York Times • Mar. 13, 2024

“Seinfeld,” a show starring comedian Jerry Seinfeld playing a version of himself and often humorously described as a show about nothing, followed four self absorbed friends in New York City.

From Reuters • Sep. 16, 2019

But Emilio Estevez and Molly Ringwald get their turns as these self absorbed kids come to the realisation that they all have pressures and fears that they can relate to.

From The Guardian • May 8, 2018

"He would obsess about matters, frequently over complicating things... it was all very self absorbed," Mr Lloyd-Jones said.

From BBC • Jan. 13, 2016

The belief is that Brahma, waking from the slumber of his self absorbed solitude, feels his loneliness, and his thoughts and emotions go forth in creative forms, composing the immense scheme of worlds and creatures.

From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by Alger, William Rounseville