self-pleased
Example Sentences
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Just by the self-pleased way he worked out a crick in his neck, you could tell Mr. Gomes was used to stealing the show.
From New York Times • Jun. 26, 2012
Boyle's flaw in his past work has been to seem a bit precious and self-pleased.
From Time Magazine Archive
Some self-pleased gasbag was always bombinating lengthily about his new airtight Jotul 118 or Vermont Castings Defiant or Fisher Papa Bear.
From Time Magazine Archive
Canst thou with lying flattery rule me, Until, self-pleased, myself I see,— Canst thou with rich enjoyment fool me, Let that day be the last for me!
From Faust by Taylor, Bayard
The "society" there is at least self-pleased, and its own; it has a contempt of Boston, and a very modest opinion of London.
From The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol II. by Carlyle, Thomas
