egotisms
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He warned against "egotisms" from prominent bench-warmers like Arjen Robben and Mario Gómez.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 28, 2013
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 Isaac Disraeli
They are miserable little egotisms, like all the other little humans, fluttering their May-fly life-dance of an hour.
From John Barleycorn by Jack London
They stood on the edge of the courtyard with all its indifferent pigeons struggling for a living, oblivious to the intricacies, secrecies and colossal egotisms of the men who passed into the House.
From The Rustle of Silk by Cosmo Hamilton
There are many things that take its likeness: fierce unstable passions and poor egotisms of all sorts, vanities too, and many other follies—Apatê and Philotês in a thousand masquerading characters that gain great Love discredit.
From Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida Selected from the Works of Ouida by Ouida
