self-centered

Example Sentences

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Obviously, boomers are not all self-centered; they may require more help as they age.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 29, 2025

She relocates “The Seagull,” as a program note specifies and her production flamboyantly conveys, “to the self-centered Me Generation of the ’70s that followed the social upheaval of the ’60s.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 16, 2025

Bensimon ended Season 2 looking self-centered and detached, while Frankel was calm and collected.

From Salon • May 20, 2025

The fact that they are being paid to do this, with all the trappings of every parents-under-stress reality show, only adds to the air of self-centered exploitation.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2025

I realize I don’t know exactly what my mom did during the hours we were at school, mainly because in the self-centered manner of any child I never asked.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama