egoist

Example Sentences

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The egoist in you will find it hard to resist bragging about the proliferation of butterflies that will flock to the drought-tolerant De La Mina.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2022

It’s egoist to want to procreate — I don’t need there to be another version of me.

From New York Times • May 3, 2021

Unlike her two front-of-stage colleagues, McVie isn’t an apparent eccentric or egoist, but rather an understated craftsperson of plaintive easy listening and English soul.

From The Guardian • Oct. 1, 2014

The egoist doesn’t care about the public interest.   

From Forbes • Sep. 22, 2014

People think of LaFollette, the public man, as an egoist but this nursing of his son showed the utmost absence of egoism.

From Behind the Mirrors The Psychology of Disintegration at Washington by Gilbert, Clinton W. (Clinton Wallace)