self-satisfied
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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.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2025
Several of the figures rest a self-satisfied hand at the apex of their bump.
From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2025
I see an accomplished power player in midlife at the peak of a highly successful TV writing career, self-satisfied and oozing with agency.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2024
And yes, it's hard not to look at these self-satisfied moral monsters without feeling despair.
From Salon ● May 18, 2024
Powell smiled in an oily self-satisfied manner and smoothed his mustache, “O.K., Mike, turn off that adrenalin tap you’ve got draining into your bloodstream. I was worried, too, but no more.”
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
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