self-pride
Example Sentences
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Agencies which are not agencies of political masters, but agencies which consist of people with self pride.
From New York Times • Feb. 4, 2013
“If someone has the gumption to put their ethnic in their business, they probably have self pride and are probably proud of their work and will do a good job.”
From New York Times • Aug. 9, 2011
The Game, being a team driven format, creates an atmosphere of camaraderie, teamwork, sportsmanship and self pride while adding even more pressure to the heart of competitive surfing than the man on man format.
From Time Magazine Archive
Good-natured as he was, he was still a prince, unaccustomed to contradiction, far less to contempt, and his self pride felt, for the moment, wounded to the quick.
From Woodstock; or, the Cavalier by Scott, Walter, Sir
How could she live in the blaze of glory which irradiated her illustrious offspring, and still preserve her simple dignity of manner, so barren of self pride and hauteur!
From Historic Fredericksburg The Story of an Old Town by Goolrick, John T.
