self-seeking
Example Sentences
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He is rather a beguiling person�an instance of that rare creature, a holder of high political office who is not self seeking.
From Time Magazine Archive
Generally to be relied upon as the Colony's friend, but not without some sordid self seeking.
From The Mayflower and Her Log; July 15, 1620-May 6, 1621 — Complete by Ames, Azel
In a single phrase, his self seeking is the inversion of the Self-seeking which is the very being of the spiritual man: the ceaseless search after the divine and august Self of all beings.
From The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: the Book of the Spiritual Man by Johnston, Charles
He proposes our own interests chiefly, to draw us to himself, and allows this happy self seeking in which a man loses himself, that he may be found again in Christ.
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh
May be that might be very taking with some more unconscientious self seeking spirits, and I fear it be too much taken with many.
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh
