self-absorption
Example Sentences
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By the end, it’s hard not to feel for him even as you laugh at his self-absorption.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025
"The self-absorption of the lovers, their descent into a destructive vortex, remains connected to the larger history of East Germany during this period, often meeting history at odd angles."
From BBC • May 21, 2024
One could argue Jude is doing something similar, advocating that we release our vitriol by laughing at the corruption and poisonous self-absorption Angela witnesses.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2024
As a result, her plaintive wooing merely heightens the self-absorption of her egotistical love object, Narcissus.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 8, 2023
Joe breathed shallowly, afraid that any sound might drag her out of her self-absorption.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
