self-important

Example Sentences

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All this will be to your tastes or not, but credit Mr. McInerney with not being self-important about his material.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

As Frost pointed out, it’s not necessary to annoy people with self-important umbrage.

From Salon • Nov. 3, 2025

Pompous and self-important, it sounded as if the newspaper was really trying to say Without the Washington Post, we’re all screwed.

From Slate • Mar. 1, 2025

The former excels at playing the earthy, sly, seductive trickster, the latter, the pompous, self-important rich boy.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 31, 2024

Now, grandchildren, when I say we were proud I do not mean that we became self-important.

From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac