self-admiration
Example Sentences
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He seems to be having a good time, and when he looks in the mirror approvingly, it’s easy to share in his self-admiration.
From New York Times • Jun. 14, 2023
Miller’s article is full of admiration, both for Delaney, and self-admiration, for his own ability to appreciate Delaney’s genius.
From Washington Post • Mar. 11, 2020
The Pennsylvania Gazette, my alma mater’s glossy alumni magazine, doesn’t stray far from institutional self-admiration.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2018
Photograph: Mike Hoban Tisbe and Clorinda, the daughters of Don Magnifico, are adorning themselves extravagantly, and indulging in ecstasies of self-admiration.
From The Guardian • Jun. 18, 2012
Yet this self-admiration, brought forward on every occasion as the incentive to every action and reflected from all around him, is the burden and pivot of the story.”
From Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature by Zeitlin, Jacob
