self-centered

Example Sentences

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All of his successes have attracted critics worried he has become too powerful, too reckless, too self-centered.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 13, 2026

That self-centered cluelessness ended up torpedoing Pratt’s best campaign moment.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Of course, you probably don’t mean all boomers are self-centered.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 29, 2025

Bensimon ended Season 2 looking self-centered and detached, while Frankel was calm and collected.

From Salon • May 20, 2025

Nations, by law, are solitary, self-centered, withdrawn into themselves.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas