self-applauding
Example Sentences
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The vindictive P. T. was both so fortunate and so hearty in his commendations that he proved the mere echo of Pope in his self-applauding moods.
From The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition by Alexander Pope
The self-applauding bird, the peacock see:— Mark what a sumptuous pharisee is he!
From Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature by Jacob Zeitlin
The well-known line, "Sum pius Æneas, famâ super æthere notus," occurs too frequently to render it possible to take any interest in such a self-applauding character.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 354, April 1845 by Various
What Wordsworth admirably called "the self-applauding sincerity of a heated mind" leaves them no loophole for doubt, and no understanding of the doubter.
From Americans and Others by Agnes Repplier
"That's because they have nothing to lose," said mine host, with the chuckle of a self-applauding wit.
From Rob Roy — Volume 01 by Sir Walter Scott
