self-important

Example Sentences

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“Spinal Tap” sent-up self-important band documentaries like “The Last Waltz”; “The Sure Thing” attempted to liberate the teen sex comedy from raunchy “Porky’s”-style copycats.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2025

Pompous and self-important, it sounded as if the newspaper was really trying to say Without the Washington Post, we’re all screwed.

From Slate • Mar. 1, 2025

I don’t want to make it sound totally self-important, but I do think there is something that's kind of nihilistic: “Don’t sell out, man,” even as you're selling out.

From Salon • Feb. 2, 2025

But there has always been a soft center to his self-important characters.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2025

But mainly it’s the way they’re so damned self-important, like they’d single-handedly stopped the dead at the Mason-Dixon Line or some nonsense.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland