selfish
Example Sentences
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“I did selfish things for myself and my wife,” he says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
To label mothers who struggle as lazy and selfish is also to concede that raising kids requires hard work and sacrifice.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
Setting boundaries with others is not a selfish act.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
She said the audience member had broken the rules and "ruined the morale of our wonderful eighth show on a Saturday night from selfish actions".
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
I couldn’t understand why the writer would spend an entire book on such a mean, selfish ogre, or why my sixth-grade teacher thought it was a great book.
From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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