self-satisfied

Example Sentences

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The solid, stolid, self-satisfied Edwardian England that had seemed so deserving of his lashes was itself now wounded, and something in Galsworthy shifted accordingly.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Several of the figures rest a self-satisfied hand at the apex of their bump.

From Slate • Jul. 21, 2025

Look at that self-satisfied smile on his face.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2025

And yes, it's hard not to look at these self-satisfied moral monsters without feeling despair.

From Salon • May 18, 2024

Other times he was that red Devil who lurks on the Underwood ham cans, self-satisfied and corrupt in his bow tie, mustache, and arrow-point tail.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver