self-absorbed
Example Sentences
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By all accounts, these self-absorbed and overcredentialed but undereducated youths are struggling.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
He does things his own way and there are times, like last week, when that makes him appear self-absorbed - a trait that does not usually play well in a golf locker room.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
The long-suffering recording engineer reaches his breaking point after becoming totally fed up with the band’s self-absorbed, self-destructive behavior.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2025
Bellingham's talent is without question but he has long been a polarising figure amid reports some in the England camp believe he is too self-absorbed.
From Barron's ● Nov. 16, 2025
The air fairly hummed with their daybreak activity: beetles and birds and squirrels and ants, and countless other things unseen, all gentle and self-absorbed and not in the least alarming.
From "Tuck Everlasting" by Natalie Babbit
