self-applauding
Example Sentences
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"Ve've got summat, at last," said the Tinker, with a self-applauding glance at his friends.
From Auriol or, The Elixir of Life by Ainsworth, W. Harrison
"That's because they have nothing to lose," said mine host, with the chuckle of a self-applauding wit.
From Rob Roy — Volume 01 by Scott, Walter, Sir
The self-applauding bird, the peacock see:— Mark what a sumptuous pharisee is he!
From Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature by Zeitlin, Jacob
The self-applauding bird, the peacock see:— Mark what a sumptuous pharisee is he!
From The Spirit of the Age Contemporary Portraits by Hazlitt, William
But bade the self-applauding crow, fill'd big With hopes of favor for his faithful tale, With snowy-plumag'd birds no more to join.
From The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II by Howard, J. J.
