self-regard
Example Sentences
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Yet a sense of cynical self-regard belies these inspiring declarations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
He was resented for puncturing euphemisms of communal self-regard.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025
This level of self-regard in a writer and thinker as justifiably exalted as Smith may explain why our nation is turning on reading: aristocracies breed resentment among the proles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2025
Greene is “a powerful free agent with considerable self-regard and a big chip on her shoulder,” Karni wrote, adding she “appears to feel no obligation to anyone in Washington.”
From Salon ● Oct. 6, 2025
It was his presence that was oversized, as were his self-regard and his inventory of talents, including a Svengali-like ability to manipulate people.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
