self-centered
Example Sentences
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Of course, you probably don’t mean all boomers are self-centered.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 29, 2025
She relocates “The Seagull,” as a program note specifies and her production flamboyantly conveys, “to the self-centered Me Generation of the ’70s that followed the social upheaval of the ’60s.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 16, 2025
Much like any young teen, Dawn was a bit impulsive and self-centered and seemingly insensitive to Buffy’s plight as a chosen savior.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2025
But plenty of us have self-centered people in our lives whom we do not want to cut off or gray rock—and for that, we might need to get off Reddit and talk to a therapist.
From Slate • Aug. 5, 2024
Tinker Bell was among those who didn’t come, which did not particularly trouble Meggie, for she had realized that Peter Pan’s fairy was very self-centered.
From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
