self-centered
Example Sentences
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He is, instead, exactly the kind of tetchy, self-centered young man who is “more than happy to use everyone around him” to further his work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
It was a self-centered burst of kindness that ran counter to much of what Reed was known for.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 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
And yet, while she was singing with pleasure and dying with laughter over her own inventions, Aureliano was becoming more and more absorbed and silent, for his passion was self-centered and burning.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
