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
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 William Rounseville Alger
Her little restless egotisms of mind and manner had chilled him unawares.
From Sir George Tressady — Volume I by Mrs. Humphry Ward
Feel everything, tant que vous voudrez—but then soar superior and don't leave tatters of your precious person on every bush that happens to bristle with all the avidities and egotisms.
From The Letters of Henry James, Vol. II by Henry James
Friends could now get together, conversation could range over personalities, egotisms have their day, and bygones be disinterred without need of an explanation.
From Barrington Volume I (of II) by Charles James Lever
