self-involved
Example Sentences
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The British novelist Gwendoline Riley introduces her narrator, Laura, through a series of episodes that capture her uneasy foray into adulthood—caught between her working-class origins and her new place among London’s creatively ambitious, self-involved elite.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
She’s been Emmy nominated twice for her guest turn on “Hacks” as DJ Vance, the floundering adult daughter of a self-involved comedian.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 7, 2025
I worried for a bit that I was becoming a slightly self-involved dork, the sort of person who might, in earnest, Instagram a gratitude list.
From Salon • Nov. 28, 2024
In one scene, the wildly self-involved protagonist fantasizes about her own funeral.
From New York Times • May 17, 2023
She’s mad at herself for being so self-involved.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
