selfishly
Example Sentences
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In college sports, the rich are incentivized to get richer and act selfishly, and the money keeps going up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
"There are people who have profound problems with social behaviour, because they can't take other people's perspective into account and are constantly behaving selfishly," Prof Ruff told BBC Radio 4's Inside Science.
From BBC ● Feb. 12, 2026
“And, selfishly, it helped me a lot because my character is always second-guessing Ray’s instincts. I didn’t know what Alex was going to do next.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2026
“The whole picture and what’s good for the film sometimes it’s not what selfishly you would want to do for yourself.”
From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2025
If it were, Mrs. Maroney would have pressed it selfishly to her chest like Flora clinging to my bag of lemon drops.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
