self-admiration
Example Sentences
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The chief sprang from the boat, and swelling with pride and self admiration he took the most conspicuous station on a rock near the shore, among his people, and made them a speech.
From Dahcotah Life and Legends of the Sioux Around Fort Snelling by Eastman, Mary H. (Mary Henderson)
We regard a man who challenges our self righteousness and self admiration as an enemy of the people.
From The Best Short Stories of 1919 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story by O'Brien, Edward J. (Edward Joseph Harrington)
I don't believe there's another man but me in 'Frisco," he cried, with a sudden fervor of self admiration, "who could have raised that last ten thousand!—Then there's another thing.
From The Wrecker by Stevenson, Robert Louis
Is it not from this root, self admiration?
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh