self-centered

Example Sentences

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

From MarketWatch • Dec. 29, 2025

The fact that they are being paid to do this, with all the trappings of every parents-under-stress reality show, only adds to the air of self-centered exploitation.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2025

But plenty of us have self-centered people in our lives whom we do not want to cut off or gray rock—and for that, we might need to get off Reddit and talk to a therapist.

From Slate • Aug. 5, 2024

When most people picture a narcissist, we think of self-centered, awful people who lack empathy.

From Salon • May 9, 2024

Tinker Bell was among those who didn’t come, which did not particularly trouble Meggie, for she had realized that Peter Pan’s fairy was very self-centered.

From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke