egotisms
Example Sentences
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He warned against "egotisms" from prominent bench-warmers like Arjen Robben and Mario Gómez.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 28, 2013
To Sterne, living among smaller men, these passionate egotisms are dwindled to mere caprices, and a jest becomes more appropriate than a sneer.
From Shelburne Essays, Third Series by More, Paul Elmer
Woodward, the comedian, in his lively attack on Hill, has given “a mock Inspector,” an exquisite piece of literary ridicule, in which he has hit off the egotisms and slovenly ease of the real ones.
From Calamities and Quarrels of Authors by Disraeli, Isaac
Nowadays we do not bring the sweet egotisms, the vivid beautiful personal intensities of childhood, into the cold, vast presence of death.
From The Passionate Friends by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
It is that idea struggling to exist and realise itself in a world of egotisms, animalisms, and brute matter.
From An Englishman Looks at the World by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
