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
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
Identifying behaviors that make us recoil, like self-absorption and obliviousness, requires an ironic amount of self-reflection.
From New York Times • Jun. 3, 2023
As the weeks crept on, Harry could not help but notice, even through his new self-absorption, that Ron seemed to be taking charge.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
