self-serving
Example Sentences
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This conception of the court’s role is both self-serving and an ambitious overstatement.
From Slate ● Jul. 20, 2026
That claim was dismissed as "self-serving" by Greenpeace, whose UK chief scientist Doug Parr said approving the field would be "reckless and indefensible" in the context of international commitments to slow down global warming.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
The harder part is holding on to that judgment when tempted with a plausible and self-serving explanation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 27, 2026
“Ghislaine Maxwell is a proven self-serving liar,” McCawley said in a statement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2026
In her enormously self-serving and revisionist autobiography, she asserted that she agreed to make the film only after Hitler promised to keep Goebbels at bay.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
