self-important
Example Sentences
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Denis Leary, with a distracting dye job, plays self-important Army Col.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2024
Quid pro quo is his answer, but perhaps it is also the chance to feel self-important again.
From Salon • Nov. 10, 2024
The former excels at playing the earthy, sly, seductive trickster, the latter, the pompous, self-important rich boy.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 31, 2024
It doesn’t make sense that Isaac, who comes off as a fairly self-important professional, doesn’t have any hired help when Sylvia arrives, especially given the family’s obvious economic resources.
From New York Times • Jan. 4, 2024
The troubadour's rabbit-toothed companion pipes up from the corner, "Not self-important, are we, Chrétien?"
From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
