self-righteous

Example Sentences

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But the intensity of our rage can easily come across as self-righteous.

From The Wall Street Journal

How would I experience it as the middle-aged tourist I am today, one who prefers comfort over self-righteous deprivation?

From The Wall Street Journal

A light touch works better than self-righteous hectoring.

From The Wall Street Journal

I could feel their disgust and their self-righteous cancellation in every one of the innumerable wounds I already had.

From Los Angeles Times

MacGruber starts the sketch self-righteous, noting that the “rich and powerful have lived by a different set of rules than the rest of us.”

From Salon