self-absorption
Example Sentences
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By the end, it’s hard not to feel for him even as you laugh at his self-absorption.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025
But Carell steers clear of anything resembling a star turn, preferring instead to be a witness to these theatrical proceedings until the crucial showdown with Alexander, whose titanic self-absorption Molina captures to perfection.
From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2024
As a result, her plaintive wooing merely heightens the self-absorption of her egotistical love object, Narcissus.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 8, 2023
Identifying behaviors that make us recoil, like self-absorption and obliviousness, requires an ironic amount of self-reflection.
From New York Times • Jun. 3, 2023
Joe breathed shallowly, afraid that any sound might drag her out of her self-absorption.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
