self-satisfaction

Example Sentences

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One pupil at Ysgol Stanwell in Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan, said there was a "sense of real self-satisfaction knowing that you've helped make a difference".

From BBC • Sep. 11, 2025

I partly agree with this story; but it’s also a monument to elite self-satisfaction.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 4, 2023

The majority opinion adopted an almost gloating tone of self-satisfaction at the court’s ability to analyze the case with cold logic rather than heated passion.

From Slate • Apr. 21, 2023

Ambition that smacks of entitlement and self-satisfaction is as much a turnoff for me as sentimental pleading.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 11, 2022

By the time they were facing me, Derrick looked me straight in the eyes and smiled the biggest smirk of self-satisfaction you ever could imagine.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline