self-centered

Example Sentences

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Of course, you probably don’t mean all boomers are self-centered.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 29, 2025

“I got to a place where I got over myself, because actually thinking that way is quite self-centered, and I think a little bit non-appreciative too.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 27, 2025

But plenty of us have self-centered people in our lives whom we do not want to cut off or gray rock—and for that, we might need to get off Reddit and talk to a therapist.

From Slate • Aug. 5, 2024

By contrast, people who talk about "narcissism" today are usually describing people who act in deliberately cruel and self-centered ways, which is completely separate from more innocuous narcissistic behavior.

From Salon • May 9, 2024

Both were spoiled, driven, self-centered, quarrelsome, jealous, mistrustful, and ever unhappy.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson