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
There are many things that take its likeness: fierce unstable passions and poor egotisms of all sorts, vanities too, and many other follies—Apatê and Philotês in a thousand masquerading characters that gain great Love discredit.
From Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida Selected from the Works of Ouida by Ouida
But their inner selves pressed so hard toward each other that finally they were driven to certain egotisms as a relief.
From The Conqueror by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
Destitute of egotism herself, she showed an invariable tolerance for the egotisms of others, and her management of them was a marvel of magnanimous considerateness and soothing skill.
From The Friendships of Women by William Rounseville Alger
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
