arrogance
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
"I think it would be the height of arrogance for me to tell somebody else what to do," he said.
From Barron's • May 5, 2026
I’m often amazed by the arrogance that scientists, politicians and others display when using the term “settled science.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
"There's probably a level of arrogance of some of the teams thinking we can go toe-to-toe but then they concede goals really quickly."
From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026
“The arrogance of big-city folk! You grant your metropolises all the animals of Eden, but you deny my hamlet the merest Bengal tiger!”
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
Vocabulary lists containing arrogance
The Westing Game
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Dwight D. Eisenhower, "The Military-Industrial Complex" (1961)
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Thirteen Reasons Why
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