self-important

Example Sentences

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Anderson’s film is nowhere near as bad, but it’s as deluded about reality and self-important about its perspective as “Crash” was.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

There are plenty of scrappy indie thrillers and international chillers that can pick up the slack outside of the glitzy domestic market, where Hollywood horror often gets lost in its own self-important sauce.

From Salon • Oct. 23, 2025

The fact is that bringing together a host of successful but self-important luminaries to forecast the future is a mug’s game.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2024

It doesn’t make sense that Isaac, who comes off as a fairly self-important professional, doesn’t have any hired help when Sylvia arrives, especially given the family’s obvious economic resources.

From New York Times • Jan. 4, 2024

Somehow, the barbers always became self-important, thinking of themselves as tough, no-nonsense guys because they cut the hair of tough, no-nonsense guys every day.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy