selfish

Example Sentences

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I could not let my selfish stupidity cost me Mother now that we’d lost Father.

From Literature

Maybe I need to be a little less selfish with my gift.

From Literature

My distrustful and selfish brother was named as the executor of my late parents’ estate.

From MarketWatch

The way back is for Lady Danbury to seek out a lady-in-waiting to keep Her Majesty company when she is away - but she questions if she is selfish for trying to put herself first.

From BBC

Their results, published in Science, show that although the role of these proteins remains the same, protecting chromosome ends, the proteins themselves are constantly evolving to defend against selfish DNA.

From Science Daily