self-applauding
Example Sentences
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"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
Mrs. Troyle paused again, with the self-applauding air of one who has detected an asp lurking in an apple-charlotte.
From The Chronicles of Clovis by Saki
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 spectators who feel no abhorrence at a public execution, but rather a self-applauding superiority, and a sense of gratified indignation, are surely excited to the most inauspicious emotions.
From A Defence of Poetry and Other Essays by Percy Bysshe Shelley
"Ve've got summat, at last," said the Tinker, with a self-applauding glance at his friends.
From Auriol or, The Elixir of Life by W. Harrison Ainsworth
