self-regard
Example Sentences
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On Wednesday, a group of pooh-bahs from college sports—an industry with boundless self-regard but limited ability to agree on anything—met with our elected pooh-bahs in Washington, D.C., who proudly do that for a living.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
Writer and director Jesse Armstrong never indulges the urge to humanize his narcissistic main characters by giving them secret soft sides or limits on their self-regard.
From Salon • Jun. 9, 2025
However, he believes that the current grievances aired by the likes of Bombshell are prompted more by self-regard than public interest.
From BBC • Mar. 12, 2025
Maybe I’m just hardwired to say this as a Gen X-er, but it’s been exasperating to see that optimism harden among some boomers into a kind of deluded self-regard.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2024
The character has to project entitlement, a whiff of corrosive self-regard.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
