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
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 Hamilton, Cosmo
She always acted on her own aphorism, "To bear faults, to manage egotisms, is an aim perhaps best accomplished by a skilful dissimulation; but the true ideal is to correct faults and to cure self-love."
From The Friendships of Women by Alger, William Rounseville
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
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)
