self-involved

Example Sentences

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To my chagrin, being young and self-involved, as well as working a grueling summer job, I remember that I was almost oblivious to the crisis.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

As the sudden underdog here — even as a person we’re to take as critically self-involved and going a little crazy — she reads as the protagonist.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2025

I worried for a bit that I was becoming a slightly self-involved dork, the sort of person who might, in earnest, Instagram a gratitude list.

From Salon • Nov. 28, 2024

In other words, it’s a space only occupied, perhaps, by the delusional or self-involved.

From New York Times • Feb. 8, 2024

“He was too busy being adorably self-involved to notice,” Hassan interjected.

From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green