self-serving
Example Sentences
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But despite mom’s self-serving machinations and to her infinite surprise, Mary, saintly and wise, starts to prove herself irresistible to men.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
It is not much more than a piece of paper generated in a self-serving way by ICE, free of review to substantiate what is stated in it.
From Salon • Jan. 23, 2026
But his pitting of empathy in direct opposition to that clarity about our limitations is self-serving and, let’s be real, the kind of man-child narcissism currently being celebrated as strength.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 27, 2025
In a town — and a time — of selfishness and self-serving, Reiner was one of the good guys, always fighting, both through his films and his politics, to make the world kinder and closer.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2025
A more evil, vicious, and self-serving man could hardly be imagined, Esperanza had written in her book on the land of Opium.
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
