self-pride

Example Sentences

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Navajo are not chest-thumpers; showy self-pride is not rewarded in their culture.

From New York Times • Feb. 24, 2023

“There is such a self-pride there. Contracts don’t drive him. The only thing that drives him is winning.”

From Washington Times • Jul. 14, 2018

“They need to use him as a poster image, and a way to create some creative messaging with young people about a way to instill self-pride in young individuals,” said Christopher 2X, a local activist.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 2, 2017

No winner of the Nobel prize felt as much self-pride as I did that afternoon, seeing the princess liberated at last.

From The Guardian • Jun. 8, 2015

You were steadily cornering the market in self-pride.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee