self-absorption
Example Sentences
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A slate of songs by Charli XCX captures Catherine’s tragic self-absorption without seeming jarringly modern.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026
Jerry, George, Elaine and Kramer were found guilty of, as the prosecutor put it, “selfishness, self-absorption, immaturity and greed.”
From New York Times • Apr. 6, 2024
As a result, her plaintive wooing merely heightens the self-absorption of her egotistical love object, Narcissus.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 8, 2023
His self-absorption is kind of the point, but it is a point stretched across 10 half-hours — more of a smear than a point.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2023
“Sparrow’s still in the garden, pouting about something,” said Ruby, her self-absorption apparently admitting no hint as to what that something might be.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
