egoistical

Example Sentences

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What also appealed to the Komische is that Gaffigan, ambitious but far from egoistical, actually seems to practice what so many of his colleagues preach about a consciously collaborative style.

From New York Times • Aug. 18, 2022

Wilson, played by Sean Penn, is shown as quick-tempered, voluble, egoistical.

From The Guardian • Mar. 6, 2011

London is egoistical, and the world for her ends with the four-mile cab radius.

From Letters of Travel (1892-1913) by Kipling, Rudyard

They are self-opinionated and egoistical, with a conceit and assurance out of all proportion to their abilities.

From Epilepsy, Hysteria, and Neurasthenia Their Causes, Symptoms, & Treatment by Briggs, Isaac George

And it was just because Boston preached so often in that egoistical way that the people of Ettrick were able to give such a good account of what they heard. 

From Samuel Rutherford and some of his correspondents by Whyte, Alexander