smugness
Example Sentences
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The smugness, arrogance and hubris in this city is so thick you could cut it with a knife.
From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026
He lorded over proceedings from a stage, microphone in hand and, always, an uncrackable smugness painted on his face.
From Slate • Sep. 10, 2025
Entertainment Weekly's Maureen Lee Lenker described it as "an exercise in cinematic smugness".
From BBC • Oct. 18, 2024
Among the upstart Skrulls, Ben-Adir conveys the cockiness of a young firebrand, peppered with the smugness of a classic thriller villain.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 20, 2023
It surprised her how quickly, during reunions with old friends, the subject of marriage came up, a waspish tone in the voices of the unmarried, a smugness in those of the married.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
