self-satisfied
Example Sentences
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Mr. Holmes shows how the unstable and morose Tennyson, born in the wild Romantic age of Byron, Coleridge and Shelley, grew into the settled and self-satisfied voice of Victorian England.
And Calder Gardens, for all the undoubted talent and imagination it displays, sadly turns its back on its Parkway context with a self-satisfied aloofness.
He’s self-satisfied and loves to have people fawn over him, but his star is still nascent enough for Oliver to retain some naivete.
From Salon
Some scenes are so natural as to seem improvised; others employ heavy tactics — an assaultive sound design, flash cuts — to evoke the pressure Amanda is under, from both the self-satisfied authorities and a hectoring press.
From Los Angeles Times
Look at that self-satisfied smile on his face.
From Los Angeles Times
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