ego

Example Sentences

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When she was a young violinist, Anna said, her mother taught her that to keep improving, she’d have to set her ego aside and accept mistakes as part of the bargain.

From Los Angeles Times

Impulsivity and ego, after all, are the enemies of sound financial management.

From MarketWatch

“Many of the people that are at the absolute pinnacle of the economics profession … have such big egos that they look down at other people like, ‘I’m smarter than you,’” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Oh for God’s sake, Edda, it wasn’t about my ego.”

From Literature

But on Sunday, anyone with an ego got swatted on the nose.

From Los Angeles Times