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
To Sterne, living among smaller men, these passionate egotisms are dwindled to mere caprices, and a jest becomes more appropriate than a sneer.
From Shelburne Essays, Third Series by Paul Elmer More
Instinctively the saint in him knew from the mere look of her that she had been feeding herself on egotisms and falsehoods, and his heart hardened.
From Marriage à la mode by Mrs. Humphry Ward
Nowadays we do not bring the sweet egotisms, the vivid beautiful personal intensities of childhood, into the cold, vast presence of death.
From The Passionate Friends by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
The egotisms of theology and the pride of science array their votaries in opposition, while the truth remains unquestioned in the unexplored middle ground.
From Studies in the Out-Lying Fields of Psychic Science by Hudson Tuttle
